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pas  6t6  film^es. 


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filming  contract  specifications. 


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g6n6rosit4  de: 

La  bibliothdque  des  Archives 
publiques  du  Canada 

Les  images  suivantes  ont  6t6  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettetd  de  l'exemplaire  film6,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 


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beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprimde  sont  filmis  en  commenpant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  film6s  en  commenpant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  ^»>  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED "),  or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbols  —^-  signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  dtre 
film6s  A  des  taux  de  reduction  diffdrents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  dtre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichd,  il  est  film6  d  partir 
de  Tangle  sup6rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  ndcessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mithode. 


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CONTINENTilL  UNITY 


' 


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AN   ADDRESS 


BY 


'  t 


W.  H.  H.  Murray, 


DKLIVBRilU     IW 


M!     IC  HALL,   BOSTON,    BY   ITSfytTATlOli    OF    PROMI^ 
NENT  CITIZENS,   DECKMBER  18,    i888. 


ariRST  EDTXIOIsr. 


BOSTON : 
C.  W.  0ALKJN3  &  CC,  PUiNTlRS,  55  PrrRCOaAS*  ft^iiJ  SI' 

I«88, 


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Cor-rRUraiF-a,  i-«M,  te  w,  K,  H  M'ihp,-.  i. 


\ 


CONTINILNTAL  UNITY. 


AX      A  DDIv*  KSS 


BV 


W.  H.  H.  MURRAY. 


ij 


■y 


I'lic  lollowiiiij''  con-c-pdiHlcnee'  inaki'N  n  n;itiii'al 


])i'«'r;H<'  to  1  lii>  addros. 


Boston,  Nov.  '2->.    isss. 


W.  II.  II.  MiiMiw  —  r)car  .Sir  :  lvii<twin<x  tluit  von  li:i\  c  devott'd 
iiiMiiy  vi'.'us  to  tilt'  .Tdinlyol'  tlu>  geoi;r:tpliy,  iv.-miirri's  jiiid  liistoiy  of 
C'liKuh.  .•iiiil  \i:\.\r  (loiihtU'Ss  fonncd  opinions  toiirhin^-  ihc  niiinii 
of  lli.'il  (Miiiili'v  uilli  oiiis.  we.  tlif  iiiii|i'isii:iit'(l.  invite  yi»ii  t  >  dc- 
livfi  ;iti  Mihlros  lo  llic  cJti/A'iis  of  |i(.>ion  on  tlir  ;j;ciiciMi  sniiji'ci 
ol'  Mur  iiilrrn!ition:d  relations  iit  your  eiirliest  eouveni«'nee.  If  yon 
e:m  < Dniply  witli  (»in'  recinest  ue  fei-l  fliat  yoii  will  make  m,  v:iin;dile 
eontrilMitioii  t.>  piihlic  tliouglit.  us  ueil  as  give  [ili'a.snri'  to  the 
jnany  wlm  wonid  lie  ddigiited  to  hear  you. 

itieo  have  srciut  d  tlie  refusal 


I 


endmy  vonr  decision,  a  eomiii 


of  Mnsii-  IImH 


lol' 


till'  eveniiiv:  iif  I'ee.  1">.  iind  we  trust  vu  inav 


li(!  able  to  aeeipt  tliat  date  for  the  address.  We  besj;  also  to  slate 
that,  while  the  <'oniniittee  will  reserve  a  ci-rtniii  numlter  of  seats 
for  invitt'd  <ru<'sts.  no  fee  will  lie  charged  for  the  oppniinnity  of 
heMrin;;'  you  speak  U[ion  this  tlienie,  but  that  the  auditurinni  will 
(•e  fi-ee  to  all. — Oliver  Ames,  Alexander  11.  Wwo.  VJ«'u  1).  .Iwid;in, 
Henry  1).  Hyde.  Albert  A.  Tope.  If.  Al.  Whitn.y.  li\in^A. 
Kvaus,  Asa  l\  Potter.  .I<jhn  C.  I'ai^^e,  .Tohn  Slu'p;nd.  W.  ^.  I'.iiton. 
William  Clallin,  A.  P.  >[artiu.  Thomas  .Maek,  P..  K.  DiiihMi, 
Charles  K.  Powers,  Arnold  A.  Rand.  Walter  M.  liraokelt,  John 
M.  Corse,  Isaac  T.  Burr,  .lac.ih  Uiites,  dohn  J'.ovle  O'lJeillv, 
George  \V.  Aiinstrong. 

■p.viJKi:ity]I()i:si:,  Nov.  -i.'..  1S88. 


(ienlKuien:     Your  invitation   in  .-iddress  th''  cit 


l.'.'MJS  ol 


•oston 


in    Musie   IJall,  Dec.  10,  evening',  on  the   ueiier 


:ll    SI 


ibieet  of   the 


union  of  Canada  and  the  United  States,  is  reeeived.  I  Im-l!,'  |.t  say 
in  ri'plv  that  I  ai'cept  your  eordially-worded  iinilalicii  with 
plcasin-e,  ;ind  yoii  may  aniioini<'e  that  f  will  speak  under  your 
aus|)iees  un  that  date.     My   subjrrt    will    be  '-Contineiit.-in  nily  " 

Pes|)eetfull\  yours. 

W.  U.  II.  MriiKW. 

fii    riillilliiifiil    ..[*    the    al»<>\c    t'ni;-agXMiU'iit,  Ml*. 
Miii'ia^  (ielivcrt'd  the  lullowiiig  addi'L'is.s: 


m] 


CONTINENTAL    UNITY 


TIh-  (iiicsiiou  I  would  <li'>cii--  in-ni^hi,  hidics 
and  ucmlciiicu.  is  oiu/  ol"  ilmhiri'.  I  am  no  |)oliti- 
*'i;in.  !  aai  sim|)!\,  ]\\  ;i  nunlcst  way.  a  sliident  *>[' 
|)iil)!ic  ([iicslioiis  siwli  as  interest  liiiMkiui;'  men,  W'ki. 
bom  on  thi><  enntineiit  and  in  K>\(' wit  li  Tree  instici- 
tions,  seek  to  loi'c-easi  the  liitni-e  el"  ii  and  of  tlie 
millions  drsiincd  soon  to  |teo|)le  it  I'loni  (•ecan  to 
ocean  ;ind  li  Ml  \i.rt!)ei  n  t<»  Sonlhern  ;j,uir.  I  h:. Ni- 
no eonneeliiMi  with  anv  |)oliti;ai  party  eiilivr  in  I'i.s 
i-ounti'v  111-  in  (  anad:.,  \\>:v  lup.c  I  wish  to  lorm  ae,\. 
What  I  iiave  lo  say  i-  nn|)i'om|)le(l  hv  an\  .  ()['  mv 
own    llioiiu'hl    ami    w'-li    1    speak,  and   onl\    su"""'est- 


i\"ei\.       N 


o  ;4-oo(|  can  eonie  to  me  Ironi  •-i>eakmii%  mwa 
\(»ni'  apju'ohalion. — 1  he  a|)[>rohation  of  vom  w  |io  h;n  e 


imnt 


(leUM'ee 


nd  iliink 
1    1 


!  ,'w.  (; 


aiKj  I ,)( 


ia\('    s('i'\  ei 


hng  that  m  s(»me  sii  :,il 
pnldie  intert'.sis.  .My 
l!ionu;iitis  olli'i-cd  as  cont  I'iltiiiion  to  yan'  iliought. 
<Jni\  so  ami  nothin^•  more.  Yon  nw  the  inr\.  I 
oidy  present  the  case  as  it  stands  onl  heforr  nn'inind 
and  ci-ntei'ed  in  m\  iwdu'ment.  I  d.o  nui  aim  in 
Avhat  ]  say  to  produce  iinniediale  n-nh<.  ()[\\  ol'tin' 
hnlk  and  di'il't  of'allairs  1  transhite  a  messa,ij;'e  lo  in- 
telliu- 


esifc 


i 


\  iHce 


t  he    IH'ophcM  \     ol"  ( 


rco^i'i'apliy.  oj 


<'(»nunou  blood  and  hm,iiiia<j;\'.  kin(h>;<l  institutions, 
like  laws,  eommercial  ne(c><ilies  and  political  institn- 
tions  that  are  identical.  i'liat  i-  all.  With  ])lain 
object,  Avorthy  pm'[)osi  .  a  noble  ho[)e,  and  in  sin)])le. 
strai<^-htroi-ward  speech,  1  will  ,say  -svhal  has  been 
given  n»e  out  ol  ni}'  "wish  to   heli)  ^^^^  gi'cnt  cause   on 


13 


(  «»N  I  INKN  !AI.   INIIV 


:iim1  ;j,(»  iiiN  WJiy.  II',  when  done,  voii  sIimII  say  cacll 
ti»  ilic  olluT.  nil  the  iiH  >i'ro\\ .  I  lie  mMns|)t)ki'  li'ulli, 
hi-  tlioiij^-lit  i-  ri.ii'lit.  liis  jii(l;^-mriit  xmiikI.  his  vision 
oi*  the  riUiu-c  fleiif.  1  >hall  he  coiilciit.  ir_\nu  say 
ihc  <.ljicr  ihiii^-,  I  shall  rr^i'd  llx'  vci'did.  i>iil  ,ii<»  my 
way.  gratol'iil  1<»  y<Mi  To)'  audience  all  the  same. 
While  the  Ih'st   ei\ilizati(Hi  oi'  tlu-   woild   I 


x'irnii. 


or  ^\ 


hell.  \\>'  know   iiol.     Once  we  said,  (.ii'e<('( 


Lat 


(M* 


Oil  we  said,  lOu'Vpl      And  now  all  scholai'.s  sa\ .  he\  ond 
Eji'vpt.  xHiiewh' re.      I'of  lyLiypt  evidenily  was  a  col- 
ony and  hroii.uhi    all   her   woud.  iful   aUs  vvilli  hei*  in 
.Hhi|»-.    IVoiii    some    111* <t  her   connti;\ ,    whose    seat    ol' 
ein|»ii'e    i-  roi'cxer  lost  IVoni  memory  of  ii»eii. 


P.ut 


^\•hile  the  tM'iuin  of  civilization  is  hidden,  iiH'  course 
and  nioMMuiii  o!"il  i'or  many  years  ar«'  known.  Out 
oTlhe  far  Eu<\  it  eaiiie.     From   l'];j:'y|tt   and    Asia  to 


(.r 


eee  and    Itome,  thenee    aero> 


1^ 


nropc    aiH 


I    tl 


le 


Ilriii^h  Isles,  and  so  across  oeean,  like  a  IVuitrnl  si>e<l 
blown  over  water,  and  ludii-fd  on  this  Western  shore 
and  Moi'Id.  Thii- much  we  ku(»w  as  we  know  a  sure 
tiling'.  Here,  ill  tlir  '<oil  of  this  \\'e>iei'n  world  of 
ours,  thatset  <l  took  root,L':rew  upward  ami  abroad, 
until  OH!-- civil  iuNiitutions,  our  coiniiieree,  «Mir  inven- 
tions, oiir  tlevelo])in«^nt  in  wealth  and  uninbri-.  and 
even  oar  arts  and  literature,  are  ilu'  woudt'r  ol'  the 
old  \\oj-l(i  that  UK'thi'i't'd  us.  l-'ranei'.  with  eight 
lumdred  year-  ol'  uiowili  has  fort  v  million>  ol'inliab- 
itaiits.   At  that  ]»oint  natui-e  has  lixed  Ik  r  limit.    Her 


( 


gvoiiTapuy  can  acconunotlate  no  more.  ti.iinany, 
circling  all  her  blood  within  Imj»erial  aiiihority, 
liokls  forty  millions,  and  i-  lull  lo  ilie  brim.  ('Eng- 
land, Ser)tlaud.   Ireland  and    Wales  have  thirt', -live^ 


milli 


ions,  and  out  ol"  Ihei 


aswnter  from  full  fountain. 


c  ON  r I N  i:x  r A l  l  n  i  i  v . 


3 


llic  Siixoii  l)!(»n(l  (Icw^  >lc;i<lil\  ()\ci-  jill  th.'  world,  l-nt 
cliiclly  lliis  wav.  I'lic  ci-adlo  of  all  \hvM-  iiati(.iis 
arc  only  fcfdci--^  tjial  swell  the  ••cii-^tis  <>1'  tli  >  ("(iiiii- 
ni'iit.  i:\(ii  niai-i-ia^c  there,  iVuill'iil  Ik'voikI  i\v<» 
itirtlis.  is  ill  the  iuteivst  of  our  eeii>iis  lahlc-.  This 
is  the  law  and  lael  of  the  ease  as  it  now  standi;  ;.  m- 
is  tJKTe  eliane*'  of  ehaiiiic.  Imiiii-ralioii.  like  water, 
obeys  the  law  of  iiielin.ii ii.)!!.  TIm'  incline  (d"  llii- 
modern  n.oMincnl  in  the  w«»rl(rs  |)o|>nIation  h>- 
dav  slopes  ihi-  umn.  Thi-  lontincnt  is  the  i-e>er\, al- 
low ard  which  all  ihc^e  Nticam^  (I-jw.  'I'he  elunniel.s 
arc  Inrined,  ihc  llnwap'  already  >li'on,u;-.  and  toward 
n>^  ilu.'  eoimlk'ss  individual  dr<)j)s   inu-l   needs  come. 

JFci-c  then  We  -tand.  .ilrcady  •-(•vcnty  niillion-or 
Saxon,  ( 'eliie  and  (urinan  hloed — the  thi'ce  !>!i.(i(U 
wiiich  rule  the  woi  Id  l()-da\  and.  will  rnl.-  i;  foi'  a 
thousand  \cars — ii])()n  this  (  ontinent,  iyinj.:-  a>  a 
whole,  a  L;et)<j;-ra|)hieal  unit,  as  it  doe-.  l»et  w  ecu  i\\(. 
oceans  ami  I  wo  ;i-nir-.  and  t  he  -.[leetaelc  it  |tr>  •••iit-. 
is  intensely  inleri-o^ative.  Tlie  (jiiolion  is  >enr'  hini;- 
and  solemn  en(ui,Li'h  to  cdii-c  the  dullest  intellect,  an<l 
make  cNcn  a  Tool  ihink. 

Look  at  the  conditions  of  the  j)rol)lem.  Seventy 
millions  alr.ady  here.  The  overflow  (d'  all  lMiro|te 
and  England  eoniin;Li'  Jnid  hound  tt)  c<)inc  year  altei- 
yeai'.  'I'he  inerea'>e  In  Lieiicration  enorniou-.  as  is 
natural  wher--  men  ;nid  women  are  well  <l,)thetl.  well 
led,  well  housed,  gu;ii-de(l  hy  law.  and  !incheekc(l  hv 
war  or  (amine,  (irant  a  \  igoron-  >lo(d%.  g. »(>d  ^oil. 
lu-althy  cliniatc,  chea))  fuel,  and  peaceful  year-,  and 
jKjpnlation  is  sUre  to  multiply  beyond  historic  jd'cm c- 
dent;  lor  the  conditions  which  favor  such  iucrca>e 
are   nn])reeedented.     Kevei-  belbre,  in  historic  times, 


roNTINKNTAI,    IM'IY 


liii-  ,1  siiiirl''  |>*'"|>l<'  livt'fl  mulcr  siidi  (••nKlliions. 
Here  tlu'  i'MC('  coiiK'-  I"  \n-\\  (•(>n(liti(»M>.  .-md  ;i  ik-w 
n'U'imc  hcn'iii-.  ilm  \'^.ii-.  I'miin".  1  vi'Miii;\  (1<»  iiol 
pr  -  ,  .mil  I'ic  iiiu'l)nK((l  Iniinlain  of  iTMintliK-linn  and 
iii(  i.,i^.'.  iimlfi"  ln'.ni;i-n:nit    skies,  ll'»\v-   nnclu'ckod  its 

>t«';i  '  ■ 

aic  7<M>0'>.(KHt.    ;  ; 


mcri-asiiiu-  /iircani. 


To-d; 


I \  we 


o;i;).i)n(),  and   wlicn   Ui-.-  jh'Ii  wrilos  llu*  rcusn      ^  *   ihc 
lil'di    (•(•iitiiiv    'I'  civilization    on   tbis  ( ''•i.litcii'.  ilic 


jiiousiroir 


(i:ii 


udl  t;ibulator)(H>Oi)ii,ii(;o. 


Ti 


11^  src 


\"ii   i\l;'a\a 


uaiit?      \' 


I'I'V 


vv« 


11 

laiul 


)    r> 


ii'iv 


ir  iiiiiiU''  a   i.iomci 


11.      Tl 


1''  Saxon 


III.'  -1 


i-  I'ldl;  but  the  Saxon  blood  hax 
not  lo.il  i'i'|jrodii<-iivi'  \ipn',  basil?  1']n,u'lan<l  alone 
(•(•'ij.l  people  the  woi'if)  in  leu  (•enlmie>.  .ii'ise  it  tlie 
wn'ld  to  |H'<)i)l'  '  <    oi'  WAV.      Irtbc  .'^laie  of 

IHi'iuis    \v;is    p(tpHiairtl     i-   •!(  ;i>ely  as    Kng'laud   and 
Wiles,  1'  >^)uld  by  2»i,''lKMJ0(»  <)l*  {H'(,pl(;  within 

luT  IkmiIci'-.     Is  there   a   sinu'h'    i'  ■    "n   'N'-tenl  in 
natui'<'    or     udv  (  ianient    whv    -lie     -inmld     not    be? 


( 'atui(bi   ii  i  ■  M  -I'clion   in 


Iter 


west,  out    oi    w  Inel)   ten 


Slates  as  lai'ue  as  TUiiiois  can  be  carved.      .\,id  in  all 


tln^  vast   stivteli   o 


he    ••o: 


rielie-.t 


Ciiel  abnndant.  stored  in  old.  iicoloL'ie  a'j-'e.-  bnt  a  lew 
I'eet  luider  prairi(  >^h\,  and  the  climate  as  healthy 
and  bracin;^'  as  ehiidreii  neic  »'ver  born  and  j^'rown 
in.  Tell  Illinois  on  onv  side  that  IboFs  line  now 
di\idinL:"  iis,  and  ten  on  this  side,  pr^pmlated  as  l'n:j;- 
huul  aiifl  Wale-  are  lo-dav,  and  von  have  a  total  of 
320,OU(>.()tK>. — e(jnal  I  »  oik  -tliird  of  the  hnnian  raet-, 


as  now  eoinpnteil  to  lie  li\  in,u'  on  tli'-   roimdei 


1  tilul 


on 


n\ 


ll 


e.nnio 


I    be!       It 


IS  to;)  nion-t rolls 


)e. 

t   V 


1  say   it  .will    be.      Sure    as    wheal    i;rows   wheat. 


or 


ni 


CONTINENT  VL  UNITY. 


.') 


human  iiiatlni;  under  favoiaMc  conditions  of  love 
and  lifo  l>e<x*'1s  cliildi-t  ii.  b'aminr  i-an  stop  lunnan 
!)ii'llis.  Bnl  no  sanr  man  would  lurcldl  laininc  to 
this  ( 'nnt'nu'nt,  slrch-liinjj:',  as  ii  d<M>.  ilnmioli  many 
zones  and  sweeping'  jroni  sea  losi-.i.  \\'ai'<.  I'fpcatcd 
ol'tcMi,  j)rolon,uctl  and  \v;ii:'<'d  wiili  old-i'inif  di-triK- 
iIncir'Ss,  can  <liTinialr  a  |>t»|uilation.  lint  lie  wonM 
he  mad  who  should  projihcsy  a  i-cturn  on  tlii^  (jonti- 
iicnt,  witliiii  1200  years,  hy  a  race  instinctis  riy  '.•oin- 
nuTcial,  and  in  a  connncr<-ial  ai»;e,  to  llu'  worst,  form 
of  old-tlnic  ])ai"hai'isiii.  I  Kn"\v  ucll  that  lunnan 
weakness  is  n<»l  dead:  that  |)a>si()n  >:'"  heat-  Mood; 
that  selllshness.  proiilie  of  injnstici\  -'ill  lives  on, 
and  hence  wai's  nia\  ci.iiie  ai^-aui.  lint  nni  one  <-,\n 
well  I)'.'  liercor,  bloodier  oi-  liioi-e  pi.)ion,Li"e(l  th.oi  that: 
whieli  .V(!  of  ilie  Stat,  s  hnl  i-eeently  pa-  ■d  llifouuh. 
r>nt  (lid  lh."t  slop  oiir  ui-(»\vih.  wipe  opt  our  ;iceunin- 
lated  wealth,  (M-  prevent  children  l)ein--  lornV  \o! 
The  jii'aves  were  many,  and  uii  w  last,  hnl  erudles 
vR're  more,  and  mnlliplied  lasiei'  yet,  and  imd- r  Toni' 
loiisi'  years  oC  Moodv  rain  moth«-ji'hood.^  was  s;ile!y 
shehei'cd,  ami  the  roar  of  a  million  men  liei-edy 
battlinji,- conld  not  (lr<»wi)  the  cradle  son,i4-s  that  rose 
clear  ami  sweet  as  lai-ks  sin<i-in;^'  in  tin*  <le\\y  air  to 
the  blue  rim  of  lu  aven. 

The  ChiiH'>e  have  no  ccusn-.  Their  I'lastein  habit 
or  superstition  Ibrbids.  And  so  thei'c  are  ut>  (l^anvs 
t<t  ,<>-nide  ns  as  to  the  m^oiistrous  total.  Ibii  .ill  au'i-ce 
ihal  ("hina  basal  least  oOO.OOO.OOO  of  men.  women 
:ni(l  children  ^vithin  he!-  boi'dcrs.  AVhy  not  more? 
Look  at  the  mcasiu'cfl  ma|)  and  tind  an>we!'.  'J'hcr< 
is  not  n)om  Jor  more,  Iba-  ni-ograpby  forbids  it. 
Time  and   aiiain   ha<  hei'   livin.i:'   nHr(\ase,  like  --iven 


6 


CONTINENTAL  UNITY. 


i 


grass,  gro\ATi  to  the  edge  of  tlie  possible,  and  there 
touclted  starvation,  and  withered  as  under  lire.  Take 
China  from  shore  line  to  northern  i-ange  and  ])hice 
it  at  lh(.^  eentre  of  this  Continent  and  sinootli  it 
down  and  see  liow  niueli  it  (vnci's  and  \vl:al  is  IcJ't. 
And  wi!!  any  thonghtl'ul  pei'^on  say  that  hiUiian 
inereasc.in  the  long  years  \n  conir.  shall  nol  he  lici'c, 
even  as  it  has  hcen  llinv.  only  tlree-Cold  more  aluiii- 
dant?  He  raniiDt.  Our  7t),( ><>(),()()()  arc  only  so  many 
living  roots  sti-uck  into  growlhl'iil  soil,  whose  ujj- 
sprhiging  and  ontbi-anehing,  nndci-  the  laws  ot  (rod 
and  man's  just  g()^'ermul■nt,  shall  shadow  the  land 
from  sea  to  sea  with  (hivvering,  I'riMl  fnl,  happy  liiunan. 
lilc'.      Within    two    (M'ntiu'ies   tlu'  Contini'iU    will    he 


P 


('0)»i('(! 


'om  sn<<\v 


line  to  coral  reei 


li'om 


I 


rincc 


Edward's  Island  to  Vane(mver,  and  all  tlu'  air  wilhin 


the 


ese  pomK   nndci-  lu■a^•('n  s  donic  "Will  roai 


1. 


ill 


like  t 


hollow  hive  when  llowers  are  plcMitv  and  hees  husv. 
JS^ow,  look  at  tlu>  map.      Wipe  out  that  fool's  lino 


dr 


!i  vvn 


hy  1 


WO  ibreiiiii   nations    who 


had 


ViO     I'lLtill 


make  a  line  of  division  here  save  that  of  eoniinesi, 
being  alien  to  the  soil  which  is  to  us  fathei-land.  and 
drawn,  too,  when  on  tluni  and  us  had -not  yet  dawned 
the  vision  of  an  em])ire,  beside  which  the  Pei-sian 
and  the  Koman  world  Avhen  it  stood  at  its  widest  is 
but 
Look 


it   1 


hi  oh 


I   nnn   by  wlncli   to  multiply   our  measurement 


at  the  river 


M'e    n'.)W 


they 


run . 


Xote  hr)W' 


they  tie  N^orth  and  Sc-mh  toaetln-r  like  threads  int 


o 


WllOSe  iX 


olden  sti-ands  new  :-tren.gth  is  spun  conti 


nil- 


ally.     >rust  n<  t    the  emjiire.   wiiich  holds  the  great 
lakes  and   ilir    pi'oduetivc   centre   of  the  Continent. 


hold  also  ihc  mouth  oft  lie  two  great 

from   this  eentre,  uorih    an<l  south,  toward  the    1 


rixcrs,  llowing 


Wn 


CON  riXKM  AL  iM  rv 


UTcJil    o;„lls  into  whicli  thev  empty y     Shall  not  the 
rime  come,  wlim,  by  the  skill  ol"  hkii  assi'4iiig  tliese 
e  water  eoiirse.s,  sliips  of  five  Mioiisand  tons  shall 


no 


hi 


steam  iVom  Livei-pooi,  steer  stiaij;ht  wvst  to   Lnl 
dor^  and  still  westward  until  tl 


)ra- 


lev  moor  at   Chieairo 


wharves  without  hi-eakin^ii-  Ireiuhl.  and  thence,  re- 
loaded, go  downward  to  the  Sontlurn  (iulf.and  so 
I  t]je  eommerei'  of  all    porls   thi-ough  every 


connnanc 


))arallel    of    latitude    in    shortest 


([uiekest,   easiest 


\  ovai>-ni'>\s 


Is    not    this    the  loo-ie    of    their 


size 


spi'ings    at 


ve 


tlu'ir    diieciion    and   the  union    ot*    their 
the  cereal  centre  of  the  world?     Look  at  the  Lai 
Memphrainagog,    ChampIaiiK     the     Horleon,     Y 
Huron,  Michigan,  Ontario,  Supei'ioi-,  -uhere  are  they 
placed  and  where  do  they  einpiy  to  the  -alt  sea?   Y 
might  a,->  well  \'w  knot>   in  th 


rie 


on 


e   red    arteries   midwav 


];.'t 


wecM  heart    and   liands.  lul  w  cen   \  ital    centre  and 


extremities  of   the  human  i»<>d\.  as  di 


aw    a 


lie 


( ) 


r 


stoppage   across  tlic'>e    naliu'al    channels   of  popular 
eommiinication   and   eomnurcia!   exehanjj^es.     Listen 


-eaniless  i'oIk' 


to  the  testimonv  of  the  Plains,  that 

unitv  which  some  politieians  would  seissor  thi-oim-h 

and    of  a    lovely  whole,  woven   of  (iod,  make   \\\t 


th 


ravelled  edges.  AVhat  sound  reason  is  mere  ioi-  sudi 
<lismemberment;  .•^uch  disloeation  of  natural  mem- 
bers; siieh  absurd  partition  of  a  noble  whole?  If  it 
must  needs  be,  what  a  pity  it  must  be.  For  never 
did  man  see  a  lovlier  evidence  of  God's   desiiiii   and 


]S'atnre's  unitv,  than  stretehe 


s,  green  as  a  slee|)ing 


sea,  from  Southern  Gniftothe  whit--  line  of  nortliei-ii 
snow,  making  in  itself  a  |)rairie  em|)ire  that  w^dd 
i\'('{\  half  the  world.  (  'ensider  also  the  law  which 
governs  commerce  and  decides  the  volume  anddirec- 


CONTINENTAL  UNITY. 


tioii  of  <'\(h;ui,ut*s.  The  movements  of  commerce 
are  al<»ii,u"  parniiels  ami  across  zones  oi"  diU'erent 
clinia!  "^  always.  Tlu'  Noi'tli  has  what  the  South 
latk-.  and  the  South  is  wasleliil  nl'  wliat  tlie  Xorlh 
lavislies  u'nkl  loi'.  Tiii--  imiiii<il  waul  and  I'lihics.s  is 
iiiotlui-  of  trade  aud  n!  those  tiu'llly  e\elinuL»-es 
Avliicli  hrinii'  weahh  to  !rader>.  ( 'ommeree  is  as  the 
tw<j  ^V<buii>  ill  Sci  i|>t  HIT.  <  )u('  i->  ol"  the  cart  h,  eartliy : 
the  other  is  of  lieaveu.  licaveuly.  In  its  uoi)ler  ])haso 
and  ultimate  cud.  coimuercc  is  tratei'iii/atiou  oC  the 
])cnj)l(.>s  ol  the  NVoi'hl :  tile  hriii^-iui;"  of  them  into 
uiiiiv  h\'  lir-t  hriii,u'iii,Li"  ihciu  into  hasc  contact.  From 
lower  liiev  work  up  to  hiii'hci.  ( "hasiim*  n  dollai',  thev 
run  Inio  iieaven  unawares.  And  any  line  which, 
Itvinu'  drawn,  clucks  Ireesi  conuuerce,  eheeks  the  Cra- 
(criiization  ot  men. ;.nd  tlierel)y  tliwarls  tlic  eml  of 
i'm|tire.  whii  ii  iia'^  ;his  lor  its  iiohlot  object:  the 
bi'iuu'iuii'  of  men  louclbc!'  in  aainrul  trade,  lliat  iliey 
uriN  Icai'ii  thesAvect  l;-«-on  that  llrot lu'iiiood  is  g'reat- 
esi  ])j'olit  and  su  tlirou^uti  commerce  grow  fraternal. 

This  u'reat  (Uieslion  of  continental  unit^  lias  a  his- 
toiy.      Lit  mc  remind  you  oJ*  it. 

j-'i'ancc  in  the  Hitli.  ITlh  ami  18th  ceutui'ies 
rca;hcd.  in  tb.'  splendor  of  bir  conceptions  and  the 
vigor  of  bcr  conduct,  the  acme  (d*  licr  development. 
Her  ^iiu  was  at  it>  zeuitb.  and  it--  beat  and  TiLilit  went 
round  the  world.  In  tbose  llu'ce  biiudred  years 
Fr<ncb  character  was  iborougblv  ma-culinc.  It  was 
hoi  with  liery  /.eal:  bauubtily  coiirageons  a.iid  I'idgi'd 
with  nmscular  endurance.  Ii  '•(Hl(•ci^■cd  great  plans. 
It  e\ecute(l  ibc!ii  gi'tatly.  It  pu-^bed  its  e\])lorat ions 
into  c\eiy  /one.  and  sailed  with  uol)le  seamanshi]) 
tin    paralb'U  ottlu^  \vorld.     In  om-  hand  hei- (diildren 


CONTINKXTAl-   UNITY 


9 


lilYcd  the  Cross,  and  in  tliu  otiier  boro  (he  bag  ordain 
In  lljf  f'ai'tbesr  liiu'  of  known  geography  and  hovoixi. 
In  thi>  magniilccnt   exhil)it  of  (rharactcM-   ll 


U'    Women 


d  1 


le  men,  and  hei-  woman- 


ol'  Old  France  vied  with  th 

hdod^vith  lier  maidiood  shone  resplendent,  like  eqn;d 

;)nd  companion   orbs,   lull   .sphered.       The.   men   and 


woHMii  who  .settled  New  Fv 


ixnce  wei'e  oi"  the  noblest 


of  the  human  species.    They  gi'asped  the  significance 
oC   Kmpire,  and    whih.'    X'oltaire    s-ieere 


tiiev    wuh 


>ubii!iie  and)iiion  essayed  to  caj^tmc  a  hemispheivl 
(Jhi\   \    rid  Fiance.     From  tliat  great  rock  at  Que! 


<)! 


)ee 


they  saw  the  measm-eless  capabilities  ol"  lhis<'(,nti- 
ii\v    it    as  a   magnificent    unit,   which,  if   kep 


nen: 


whole,  would  in  future  yeai's  outweigh  in  powfi-  -md 
value  the  iiiaiiifolj  j)[u-titi<in-  of  all  Furope.  Wiiile 
the  Dut^'ii  at  Albanv  were  only  pi-ilv  ti-adcr-^.  the' 
Sj-)aniai'<l>  <d'  the  Ohilf  religious  l)uccaneers,  and  the 
Puritans  in  Massaclius«>tt>«  seeking  |)i'oteetion  of  their 


cou^i'iciKM'  in   isolation   from    01)0 


it 


•um. 


iiev 


an 


"  ^\'e  will  lay  foundations  for  a  |>ower  that  shall  lade 
from  oeeau  to  ocean  and  from  gulf  to  gulf,  and  own 
all."*  'fhev  saw  that  t  lie  Spanidi  had  no  lastiuii* 
power    in    them:   that    lhe\'h(dd  onl\     the    southern 


e(|o-. .-,  o 


f  the  Couiinenl.  and  thai    tin-ir  IInu-( 


\\ 


sliiipiiig  and  v\ould  soon  hoe  hold.  TJu'  Fnglisii, 
InuK  bed  at  a  few  spots  i.n  the  Atlantic  svaboau'd, 
helm-ogeiieous  ;iud  naiuraliv  jealon->.  prM!  casfward 
by  the  .Vllegliany  range,  ih.y  \vould  at  l!i«'  proper 
time  )iush  into  the  sea.     They  ii 


ill 


(I  ail  lUc  i 


-I    Willi 


Indian   alliance 
Soutliern   (Julf. 


I. 


a    Salle    \vcnl    >outhwai'd    !.;    lh< 


The    \  Cr^ndiN  e.    i'afhcr 


iilKl 


»ns. 


pii^-bcd  westward    a 


louu" 


what  now    i^- 


the  1 


llie  of  t!ie 


Canadian  Faeiiie   to  the    1 


\OClvV 


Mountains.     W'hei 


10 


CONTINENTAI.  INI  lY. 


ev(M'  llu-y  "\veri1  thoy  made  allios  o{'  the  red  iii.n; 
ini.ssionizi'd  them.  Imiiled  and  intermarried  with  lluiu, 
did  evei'vdiing'  but  light  tiieiii.  TIkjii  they  tufiicd 
soiithuard  to  HWeep  the  Diitel)  and  Kii<j;lish  down 
th<'  Hudson  and  <»|f  Manhaltan  I->land,  and  ran  a.ii'ainst 
the  ]VIoha\\i<s  and  were  s!o|t|)('d.  It  is  >(ai'eel\  lou 
nuieji  1<)  say  thai  il'  ( "hamphiin,  hhmderinji"  on  hd'ore 
h(  knew  Ii)(han  polities  or  pout  i-,  had  not  shot  the 
Mokawk  ehie{!s  on  Lake  (  "haniphiin,  and  iherehy  won 
J'or  r^'anee  the  hittei-  hati'eii  of  the  Five  Nation-,  t  lie 
"wiiole  destiny  of  tlie  ('(HitineiU  had  l)een  ehanLi'ed 
and  llie  "urreiU  ol'  Anuriean  hi«^liti"V  ^vonld  have 
llowed  in  (»liiei'  eiianiK'ls  than  il  tills  to-<hiy.  Hnc 
however  this  niay  he.  one  tliin-j'  i-.  elrar:  tiiat  the  old- 
time  Fi'eneh.  lho>e  ^reat  eai»tain>  wlietlier  of  kin.u'  or 
Christ,  n(>N<'r  di'eanied  of  allo\\inu-  thi.^  ( 'ontinent  to 
he  ]>artitione<l  into  two  <>v  three  sc])arate  eountrirs, 
thus  doing-  violenee  to  its  geoi>'raphy  and  productive 
wholeness,  including'  in  its  hai'vest  circk!  every  fruit, 
vefTelahle  and  cet'eal  needed  hy  man,  hut  ]")rayed, 
tought.  l)led.  and  sullei-ed  toil  and  torture  to  [Aaov  it 
under  one  Ihig  and  j)f'Wer  in  the  splendor  ol'  its 
mtegral  vastness. 

C'lianges  came.  The  Pom|iadonr  ruled  the  court. 
Power  in  luLih  |)laces  aei-oss  the  sea  I'otted  into 
stench.  \'olt.*ur<!  siK'rrcd  like  a  caustic  I'ocd  at  a 
g-eogra pineal  Kmpii'e  t^o  vast,  and  a  faith  t(»o  high, 
for  him  to  nnder^iand.  \";rtue  went  out  of  France. 
Vices  came  in.  The  Big-ots  of  Old  France  came 
hither,  and  as  tlu"  peopK'  of  (^)uel)ec  staived,  they  held 
orgies  and  (h'ank  the  nation's  hlood  in  wassail.  The 
i-agle's  eye,  the  eaglet  strength  (»f  wing,  the  oag-Je's 
]iower   to    sw(.op    an  I    >irike.   left    I  he    French   hUxul 


C  :o  N'T  I N  ENTA  L  UNITY. 


n 


trieklinji,-  its  last  drops  downwai-d  (Voin  .Moiitcalni's 
heart  as,  stricken. on  the  plains  ol'  Ahraliani,  iu-  rode 
drooi)ino-  t,,  the  ponmu'l  of  lii.s  saddh'  thi-ough  the 
St.  Louis  gate  to  die.  Tim  n^d  cvo^is  of  St.  George 
went  n|.  ovei-  Cape  l^iainond,  and  the  lily  hanner  tliTit 
lirst  waved  civilization  to  this  Continent  went  (h»\vn 
I'orever. 

But  though  tlie  il;ig  came  down,  the  (hn'ing 
thoug-ht  and  hi-ii  (h'cani  held  su.'.y.  W  France 
iailed,  England  shonid  n(.i  win.  the  (^)ntinent 
shonid  he  kept  whole.  I  ('  the  old  ih,--  could  not 
keep  it,  then  a  new  one  shonid.  The  nortiicrn  ,  ol- 
ony  joining  the  thirteen  southei-n  ones  wonld  make 
eoninion  <-ause,  and  under  a  \\r\y  l)anner,  native, 
Aiiierieau.  continental,  shonid  hold  the  land  Irom  sea 
to  sea,  iVoni  gulf  to  gnll'.  Undei-  another  syinhol 
and  a  new  nationality  the  old  Fren<li  dream,  the 
<hvani  of  soldier  and  ol'  jiriest,  shonid  he  realized  in 
spite  oCall  at  last. 

Then  did  tlu  church  make  great  mistake,  —  a 
mistake  wliieh  eost  the  J*apaey  tlie  nohlest  ehanee  it 
evei-  had  since  Peter  held  the  goide-n  keys.  The 
possil)ilities  of  Emjiiro,  such  as  Ixonu^  as  Greece,  as 
Alexandria  and  Jerusalem  when  they  stood  hiy-hest 
ill  the  world,  thi'own  into  one,  conld  n(»i  have 
matched  in  men,  in  gold,  hi  armed  power,  in  that 
commiM'cial  energy  and  that  traveling  habit,  Avhieh, 
ligiitly  shaped,  guid<'d.  iiispired,  held  to  one  pur- 
pose. c(»uid  in  one  century  missionize  the  world; 
thai  Empire  which  Cardinal  McGibhons  sees  to-da'v, 
estuied  to  soon  be  fuller  (d'  i-esoui-ces,  material  and 
spiritual,  than  men  e\er  saw  since  earth's  first  morn- 
in-,  and  peopled  with  a  (nil  third  of  the  population 


i2 


rONTINTN  1  \!,   INTI'V. 


<A'  the  h'IoIk'.  The  cliurcli.  lackiuij;'  t'yrs  to  s^r  i;ir 
on;  liinid,  coiilnil  wilh  .1  sure  lililc  ti>iti_i>'.  in.iilc  bar* 
gain  willi  the.  Briiisii  Parliaiiiciil.  ami  ("aiiida  !i»^t 
the  swill  |>!'<),nT('.ss  of  a  liimurcd  u-ars.  IVoiii  liial 
iiioUKMil.  instead  ol'  hcinu'  a  iiohic,  controlliui.;-  paiM  of 
a  maji'slic  wiiol'.  .  willi  a!l  iu'i'  ii,i!ii'/al  coiiiiccl  icn-'  in- 
tact, lioi'  noiMuai  (()nulllini<•atinil•^  open,  livr  system 
ri'Ci'|)tiv('  t<»  al!  in\  i<i"oi'-iii<)ns  wlncli  ((uirkcn.  iii--|>ir('. 
and  expand  independent  eniinn<tii\vealtli.s.  slie  heeanic 
oidy  a  lureign  and  i>anisli(.'d  tVauniont  ol"  the  ("(Miii- 
nent  to  whieli  she  bolon«>-ed  a>  an  inteuTal  and  nolde 
j)art  :  a  <-olony  oT  a  (oreign  ])o\\ei'.  ihawin.i;'  the  ^n[> 
to  !(  ■  d  hei-  vitaHly  hiboi'ionsly  i'roni  a  iin-  distance  of 
throngh  iin[)erlbct  <ondnils  Ironi  the  contincntrd  eeii- 
tivs.  snbject  to  ai-tilicial  [aessm-cs  imd  lVe([iient  stoj)- 
j>ai!<-.  l->  I'l  to  poHtieal  and  eoininercial  inllnenees 
ill  i  i  <  i.  ( 'anada  woidd  ha\e  joined  with  !)er  -^i-iei- 
colonies,  siiai'ed  the  siniu'^'le  I'oi-  nationality  willi 
tlieM.  with  them  won  \  ietory  and  sIsMi'ed  the  pi'(>o'ivss 
of  ths'  l!isi  hundivd  years,  whieh  is;  the  niar\-ei  of  all 
tlie  world. 

r>e  it  renieinlK'i'L'd.  then,  by  yon  all,  that  Cana- 
dians are  such  by  aecideiu  of  Avar,  but  to  me  and 
to  all  seliolar.s  they  are  .Vnierieaii  by  righi  of 
birth,  boi-n  in  the  saine  great  land  with  us  of  ihe 
Staies;  stan<ling  not  as  foi-eigners,  but  iwoihers  born 
Avith  u.s,  who  would  .share  witji  them  the  glorious  des- 
tiny of  eoiuing  eeuturl*-.  This  mowment  of  theirs 
toward  us,  an<l  of  ours  t<»ward  ihem,  i.s  no  ne\v 
one.  iMit  the  old-time  one.  long  r-he<dsed  b\-  artilieial 
])ressin'e,  non  brt'aking  out  of  bonds  and  nituiing 
free  ;i>  ih<'  lieart's  wish  when  it  runs  along  the  line 
of  (iod's  onlainnient.      It   is  no  new  dream,  but   the 


(^(»N  ri\i;N-|.\i.  iNi'iY 


() 


1<1 


suhliinc  dream  which   pi-ii-l    n\\d    >nU\\rv  ol   oM 


France  drc'iined  at  (^>iu'Ih'<-  in   tiic  sixtciiill 
now  dreamed  anew    by    iis    who    I 


1  ccntilrN 


lave    eoiiK'   to  that 


j)oint  of  time  mentioned    in    onr  sa(  iH'd  honks  w! 


i!'n 


onr 


Onn*;'  imn  sjial 


^ee    \is!(»ii 


■-  and  oni'  old  nitii 


sliall  di-eam  (h'cams."  We  ,,r  wiiitencd  heads  li\;nn 
the  (h'eain,  hnl  von  yonnizcr  men  ol"  rcw<'r  x-ars 
shall  live  to  see  that  dream  i!iHiiled  in  xWum,  s;-en 
of  all,  a  eontinontal  empire*  of  wiiieh  (/an;idian<  ai-e 
a  nohU*  and  essential  part,  ,strel<'hikig  irom  .sea  to  -i-a. 
and  of  xvhieh  to   be  eitizen   sliall  be  ^i'reater   than  to 


Ain 


Listen  to  tliis  and  eonsidei'.     There  are  tl 


ii'ee  ai>*es 


or  reg'nnes  —  two  of  which  have  been  realized  in  1 


II  s- 


tory  and  the  other    is    now    here 


Th 


hr^t  IS  t!u 


e  s\v<»r(. 


1  and 


militarv  a_i;e.  Fn  it.  men  are  b(»ni  ibr  tli 
by  it  die.  lie  who  is  gifted  to  make  <'<)mbinatitms  of 
men  and  movement-^  thai  kill  (piiekest  and  mos!  is 
c-hi(^fest  over  all.  .VnuMig  all  men,  whatexcr  mwnv 
he  tak('s,  he  stan<ls   liiy-hest.     8neh 


was 


AK 


andu 


snch  Ctrsar,  sneh  Hannibal  and  Seij)io.  siu  h  Frederick 
and  Marlboro'  :M\d  Xapok  on.  Under  such  a  re^-ime 
men  arc  only  flghtin,i»'  anin:^als.  Their  power  to  strike 
and  kill  ft-iycs  tliem  their  vabie.  Policies  are  shaped 
Ibr  battles.  There  is  no  ^lory  bnl  that  of  war.  The 
increase  of  the    Lord's    I'arili   is   fed  to    armies,  and 


cradles    uf    mah'    childi'cn    are  roc 
U'raves. 


I\e(i    K 


)   fill   bloodv 


I'he  second  I'euime  is  the  l"]cele-ia.s!  ic.      U  is  both 


better  and   worse  than  the  fii 


I 


^\ 


not  eharac 


lerize  it.      Yon  are    inlellii^-eiiL  and  know  what  it  is 
In  it  all  is  don<'  for  what  men  call  reli<rion.      All  ma- 


M 


CONTI N  KX  FA  L  UN  IT  Y, 


tciial  interests  are  made  siiborclinnte  to  what  is 
called  tlie  spiritual.  At  court,  in  .salon,  in  street,  in 
school,  in  college,  in  villajj'c  Ih'ld,  the  pi'icst  is  all  in 
all.  The  altar  l)lesseti  tiie  harvester,  and  eats  the 
harvest. 

Verv  well.     ^«.\v,  frimil-.  this  is    not  a  military 
age,  U"!'   an  ecclesiastic   age 


It 


IS    a    connnci'cia 


ajie,  and  on  llii^  ("ontinent  wholly  so.  We  of 
th(.'  State>  iiinnhcr  sevcntv  millions,  with  an  army 
less  than  twcnt\-livc  tlionsaml  tr(M>ps.  One  soldier 
to  three  ihousand  citizens.  That  is  ali.  Onv  navy 
is  c«»iHi)osed  of  loity  old  tnl)s.  not  hall'  ol'  Aviiich  will 
float.  Our  harhnrs  are  ])roteeted,  not  by  forts,  hul  hy 
a  pcacelul  poliev  and  the  moral  impression  uliich  the 
millions  of  peo])le  livinii,"  back  t»l"  them  make  on  the 
world,  W(}  can  ilg'ht.  I»nf  we  prel'ei-  t<>  trade.  We' 
s<»(»iier  swap  product^  ilinn  lixt'swith  otln-i-  nations. 
During'  our  late  un^ileasanlncss  a  long-slianked 
hnnhenuan  Irom  Maine  and  a  tall  sallow-iace«l 
Alahamian  weiv  on  the  ))icket  line.  Each  was  stand- 
inir  back   ol'  a   tree 


'ir 


with  rille  cocked.  Mad  either 
showed  lh(!  button  ol'  liis  Jatigne  cap  beyond  the  liaik 
he  would  ha\e  lost  it.  At  last  the  Alabamiau  called, 
"  T  saw  Tauk.  which  would  aou  ralhei-  do,  shoot  or 


\\ 


hitth 


Whit 


l)V 


Gosh 


cxclannec 


1    th 


Downeasler,  and  in  a  moment  the  two  s]iar])shooters 
were  seated  opposite  each  other  on  two  logs,  whittling 
•,\\\i\  swa])ping  stories.     As  a  nation  we  are  like  the 


D 


Jow  neastir 


A\' 


e  can  s 


hoot. 


Imt  we 


]-atl 


ler  \v 


hill 


l''he  connnercial  instinct  is  now  a  matter  of  bii-th. 
We  breed  it.  Our  young  men  care  little  for  gold 
laee  and  sii'aps  and  gilded  epauleis.  They  like  gold 
in   thcii"   pockets;    gold   put    into   house   and    lands, 


(:t>\  riNK.N  I'.VL  UMTY.  15 

stocks  Mild  ))on(1s,  hooks  and  i)iclures,  IVi-c  Iihr;ines, 
and  univ(M-,sit,y  einlowments.  What  wc  ai-c  jm-oiuI  of 
is  iiotldg  anni(.-s,  bi;LV  navies,  l)io-  sliips  oF  Avar,  big 
baUlos  and  bjo-  victories;  but  bii;-  trade,  l)i,y-  {)rolits, 
big  harvests,  h'l^j;  cities,  big  inventions,  big  coninier- 
cial  venturr's,  and  a  big  census,  whidi  (hmhlcs  up  the 
millions  of  happy,  pr()fe|)erous  cidzonshij)  every 
twenty  years.  Our  ])olilics  ai-c  not  ideal;  our 
adininisti'ation  of  government  not  perfect;  our  <'on- 
gressional  action  hui'tiully  affected  by  partisanship; 
and  much  miiiht  bo  found  to  satii-ize  in  our  manage- 
ment of  public  alTaIrs;  Ijut  through  all  the  mass  of  a 
great  nationV  doing  and  thinking;  through  all  the 
teachings  of  the  press,  platlbrm  and  pulj^it;  and 
through  all  the  blundering  of  Congressional  action, 
runs,  clearly  visible,  like  a  thread  of  gold  in  coarse 
black  cloih,  the  noble  purpose  to  serve  the  people, 
make  them  secure  in  all  their  rights,  and  ])rosperous 
in  all  their  honest;  undei'takings.  Schemes  of  con- 
quest ai\;  never  debated  in  our  Congress.  Warlike 
alliances  are  uot  made.  A  standing  army  is  an 
unthought-of  tiling.  Church  extension  is  not 
regarded  as  c(»imected  Avith  politics.  Titles  and 
strips  of  )'il)l)ons  hmghcd  at  as  ridiculous,  in  the  eyes 
of  sensible  men,  and  the  only  throne  tit  to  as])ire  to 
is  that  high  eminence  budded  on  ten  millions  of 
free   ballots. 

Such  is  the  type  of  em[)ire  whicli  we  of  the 
United  States  —  wc  who  have  develo])ed  from  the 
thii'teen  English  Colonies  which  revolted  from  the 
mother  country — are  building  up  on  the  basis  of 
popular  sutfrage,  the  wish  and  Avisdom  of  the  people 
expressed  in  ballots;  and  our  Canadian  neighbors, 


i() 


("DN  riNKN  \'M.   IMIV. 


wlin  icpi-'.'scnt  tlic  foiirtccnih  colony  Avbicli  renutiiu  cl 
hrld  l)y  nrtiru'.ai  ciiiisos,  ns  I  have  uxpl.'iincd,  ia 
En.m'lisli  coiincolioii,  hnvc  (U'VcIojkmI,  as  I'm*  as  tlicy 
have  g'ono  and  g-iown.  al(>ng  llu;  same  lino,  and  must 
conliiHic  so  to  do.  In  tli«'  future.  ^I'ley  arc  not 
niililarv  hy  vvi>l)  <)]•  li;il>it  ;my  nmi-c  than  are  wo. 
Their  eiviilzalion  is  as  onrs  is,  industrial  and  coni- 
moreii'l,  not  warlike.  Politically  tluy  ai'c  as  demo- 
cratic as  are  we.  'j'hcy  seek  llic  profits  ol*  peaceful 
trade  iind  connnercial  connections,  not  the  I'alsc 
"lorv  of  war.  I'lie  ininiiLi'r.Hit  does  not  come  here  or 
go  there  to  light,  but  to  work,  lie  seeks  wages,  not 
soldier's  ])nt;nice;  wealth,  uot  military  fame;  the 
rigdl  lo  vote,  —  to  say  who  shall  ride  over  him  and 
along  what  line  <»('  polity  (hey  shall  rule — not  the 
chance  of  winning  medal  for  his  breast  and  garter 
foi-  his  lci>-.  These  aro  iacts;  standing  high  and 
Inniinons  over  daily  doings,  as  a  lighted  beacon  over 
sea,  and  they  give  emphasis  to  the  statement,  that 
no!  only  is  the  Continent  geographically  a  unit,  but 
tlu-  peo]ilc  living  on  it  are  united  in  the  [turpose  of 
their  lives,  the  object  of  their  action,  and  the  hopes 
which   stimulate  activitv. 

The  pi'ogress  of  these  Ignited  States  is  a  marvel 
to  the  world.  The  history  of  it  reads  like  an  Arabian 
tale.  Stich  increase  of  ])opulation;  such  acciumda- 
tion  of  ^vrealth;  such  pO]>ularization  of  knowledge; 
such  deve]o])ment  of  the  inventive  faculties;  such 
intense  activity  in  peaceful  directions  and  for  [)eace- 
ful  oi)jects,  were  never  seen  on  earth  bofor(\  The 
causes  of  this  wonderful  growth  aro  many,  but  the 
chiefest  of  all  is  seldom  mentioned.  It  is  not  vast 
extent  of  virgin  soil   rich   in   productive   elements, 


CON'I'INKN  r.VI,   UMl  V, 


17 


nor  JH  it  iinniigr.'irion,  noi*  lony-  poi'iocl.s  oC  poaeo,  nor 
abst'ucu  ol'  liir;j;c3  sstiniding  armies  wliiili  cui  n|)  tlio 
couiilry,  and  imilliply  laxi's,  hiirdcnsonK'  to. -ill  IbrnkS 
of  induylry;  nor  Tree  instil lUions,  wliitli  dlgiiily  the 
individual,  and  mnlvi' the  masses  intcHigvnl  and  eon- 
tent.  Xu!  Tliere  is  another  and  the  eh.ielest  eanse, 
wili)ont  whii'h  in  lull  o|)cratioii  nil  other  ones  were 
vain;  and  this  prime  eausc;  (;<"  Amei'iean  prosperity 
-is  this:  The  Tree  interehange  d'  ])rodaets  and  eom- 
modities  betAveen  all  seetiuns  oi  the  eounliv.  This 
is  the  vital  i"oi-ec;  Avhieh,  in  1h.i-i  country,  has  ([uiekened 
all  other  tbrees,  k([)t  (ho  whole  hody  pohtie  in  glow- 
ing- henllh';  stinuilated  all  growth,  and  eliarged  the 
veins  of  oui-  vast  indnsti'ial  or;>'iinism  with  n  itali/inff 
vigor.  ]S'ineteen-t\ventieths  ol'  ail  our  eommeree  is 
interstate  eommeree.  Only  one  twentieth  goes 
abroad.  Free  ti'ade,  absolutely  IVec,  Avithout  let  ov 
hindranee,  untaxed,  unvexed  by  custom  restrictions, 
unchecked  l)y  Govciaimental  intericrouce  at  any  point 
within  our  vast  domains,  h;is  given  to  every  brancli 
of  ])usiness,  to  eveiy  form  of  inihisiry,  to  every 
species  of  enterprise,  the  ])lu'nomenal  development 
which,  in  the  tremeudinis  aggregate  of  i-esults,  total- 
izes a  summation  thnt  astounds  the  woi-ld  an<l  m.'ikes 
a  demonstration,  ag,  nst  which  all  argument  is 
pnerJU  .  liecause  of  this  all  parts  have  giovvu  with 
the  growth  of  the  whole,  the  whole  been  pi'o>-p(-ie  1 
with  the  ])rosperity  of  the  ])arts;  each  note  being  lull 
and  clearly  sounded,  joined  iu  harmonious  connection 
Avitli  nil  other  ones,  has  swelled  the  voluuio  to  a 
perfect  anthem  whose  waves  of  concordant  sounds 
roll  round  the  world.  A\'hat  would  Xew  ICngland 
have  been  shut  off  by  a  line  of  custom   houses  irom 


18 


CUNTlNKNTAh  VM  I  Y. 


Hit'  \\t--iy  W'liMt  tin-  wtst  haiTcd  l)y  rc-l fictions  IVom 
llif-  >c;i-|)(tri>y  W'li.it  jiUV  slate  or  srclioii  \y,u\  I  he 
IVcc  pjissijo'c  ol'  licr  iH'oducts  hi'cu  rlmkcd  ill  <mi«-  dI' 
iiiofc  iinMU'iiiiivv  lines?  Ilt)\v  then  enuld  niilnral 
i'('S(»ni'(e«;  liave  l»;'en  ntili'/ed:  individual  aniliifiuns 
i'onnd  |>r()li(al)le  s,'()|k',  or  llii-  enei'^'ies  of  the  |)e(;))l(', 
a>  a  wliolc,  lii'en  ;z'i'<>ii|>''d  and  made  loi-cerii!.  in  iiappv 
eoniliinalions?  'VUoy  cinld  not.  All  wonld  have 
fciull'eri  d  and  hvi-n  <)|)|H'e>si'd  hy  conditions  both 
onernns  and  dv  pressing-.  What  ( 'aiindians  have; 
sullerc'd  under  and  still  endure,  would  ha\e  Ixnn  Celt 
thi'on,u"h  evei-y  ])art  of  ih*;  Union,  and  all  <j,'i'o\vlli. 
instead  of  luinii'  swil't  and.  f^ure,  wonld  ha\n'  lieen 
slow,  and  >l(>wly  re  lehed  and  made:  at  many,])oinls 
altogether  in)[)!)ssil)le.  '^I'hese  (acts  ai'e  pjitent  to  all 
at  the  mention  <d'  th;!n,  an<l  ilu>  conelusiou  tliev 
compel,  imperative  and  conclusive. 

'I'he  .-•low  growl  h  (d'llie  northern  section  of  tlic- 
Continent  com[)ared  with  tho  soutbeiai  one  is  due  not 
to  lack  oC  (Miergy.  or  thrift,  or  individual  ability  and 
ambition,  but  to  tlu'  lad  tliat  conuncrciallv  it  has 
b;>('n  lettercfl  by  wr«>ng  c<)in\cctions  oi*  iion-connec- 
lion  wilii  the  great  whole  of  whicb  by  natuic  and 
bv  reasin  it  is  and  must  be  an  orn'anic  pai't.  .Placed 
as  it  iia<  been,  it  lias  been  latally  liandica{)ped  in  the 
race*  wuli  ol  hei'- sections  of  tlic  continent.  !Money 
w.-uld  not  come;  skill  wouM  not  come;  cnterpi'ise, 
audacious  in  lisking  and  l)y  its  nudacity  winning, 
M'ouKl  not  come  to  it.  The  late  of  colonies  lias  been 
its  late.  It  has  been  a  i'eeder  to  7'']ngland;  nothing 
mori".  The  money  wliieh  she  s(nit  did  not  comt^  to 
stay.     It  earned  itseli'  double  and  then  went  home, 


COMINKMAF.   INI'IV 


19 


I<'i(\;i),i4-  iIm-  <'<nmtiTstri|»|itMl.  Ii  Iims  striven  1(.  make 
Ij\(i-jK)ol  a>  luiir  ;is  i;(>sh>n,  Loinloii  as  New  York, 
and  il  lias  laih'd.  'I'Ik-  hlanic  is  lu.l  ..n  \\u-  (  aiiadinn 
I)('()|)i('  ii|)  to  this,  bill  un  lli(>>,.  who  hhiiidci-cd  in  ITTt. 
'Then  thv\   were  hai'^iaincd  lin-  and  >old  {\>\-  a  la-ice. 

'I'in'i-c  is  a  i»hras('  which  is  som,. times  w^hhI  with  a 
gcKxl  deal  of  cniphasi  .  (.n  Hie  (.ihcr  sich'  of  the  line, 
in  which  the  speaker  \enls  lh>  intense  colonialism  hv 
afs«'rtin,n-tliat  ''Canada  don't  propftse  t.i  he  swallowed 
hv  the  States."  This  politie(»-<j;astronomi('  assertion 
is  snr(>l_v  not  verv  witiv,  and  c\idenlly  la<d<s  the  ])rime 
elem«nl  of  lorci — appliciiiion  to  the  snhject.  For 
no  swallowing-  ])rocess  has  been  su;4<;-ested  hv  any 
respon>il)le  j)arty  on  <'ither  side  ol'  the  line.  There 
is  n(»  reason  to  thiidv  that  shonld  ( 'anada,  l»y  a  popniar 
vote,  seek  membership  in  the  I'nion,  that  a  vot--  of* 
the  Stales  conid  to-day  be  secured  Ibiyher  admission. 
Tile  nobU'  exteni  of  ber  pnblic  domain,  the  ^j^-rent 
unde\eloj)ed  wt-alth  ol"  her  natural  resouiv-es,  tin* 
vast  benefit  which  would  accrue  lo  the  (  iiion  IVom 
her  admission,  are  not  nnderstood  oi-  ap[)recialed  in 
this  country.  'To  tiu'  averaL>'e  voter  amoui;-  us  her 
geoo-raphy  is  as  little  known  as  that  d' the  K'ussian 
Empii-e.  lie  has  no  knowledge  and  lU)  special  desiiv; 
to  obtain  knowledge  a1)out  it.  Busy  in  oui'  own 
allairs,  we  haNc  liiven  no  earnest  thou^'ht  lo  tbe 
matter. 

Then,  too,  there  is  amon;^'  our  citizens  a  senti- 
ment—  and  I  judii'e  it  to  be  a  vvvy  strong  sentlnieni 
—  against  any  iarther  extension  of  the  boundaries 
Uiid  responsibilities  of  the  Republic.  ^V^loe^•er  has 
given  lime  lo  slnd\'  the  actual  state  of  the  countrv 
is    Impressed    ^vith    the    fact    that   its    geogra])bieaI 


20 


CONTINENTAL   UNITY. 


extent  is  at  least  a  ceiitiii'v  alioad  oroiii-  present  p'>]i- 
iilation — lu'obablx-  Iavo  centuries.  Two  lumnred  years 
must  ])ass  before  the  iiierca-u'  ol'  our  pooulatiai  will 
W'rl  till'  least  ]>res>iii'e  IVoiii  auv  lack  oC  rocn).  XciiluM- 
Avill  oui'  iniueral  (lepo>ils  lu^  1'iiIl3M)|)eu"(l.  or  oar  vast 
aerea<»('  plo'.\e(i  beCoi'e  then.  Vs\'  baxc  ;:11  climates 
Iviiowik  to  temperale  zones,  and  all  ])ro(hicls  in  oui' 
conii'dl  alr<;i(!v.  Oiu' sea-coast  is  like  that  ol'a  hemi- 
sphere, and  all  the  )'i\er  mouths  oF  any  impoi'tanee 
to  cnnnneree.  sa\'e  one,  are  in  our  hands  as  things 
we   have  enonu'h,  it    is   said;   Avhv    si'ck 


are    n<>\v 


more 


'J'hen,  too.  ( 'anada's  debt  is  lar!:re.  and.  stands  1 


or 

nothinu"  afhuuiate  in  the  eves  ol"  nianv  amoiur  us.  It 
is  a  lnr:A"<'  debt  I'or  o.0()U,0()()  of  ])eoj)le  to  <  arry  with 
such  rn  undeveloped  counh'v  as  tliev  have  to  caii'v 
i(  wilJ!.  We  1)1'  the  States  do  not  love  national  debts. 
Wo  shall  soon  haxc  oiu-s  \\i])ed  oni  to  the  last  dollai'. 
(•)ui-  taxes  will  be  as  a  ei]ih«.  :•,  and  lier  o.(.HK),()00 
he;i\  ilv-iaxed  will  be  livinii"  side  l)v  side  with  75,000,- 
000  of  untaxed  p!M)|^le. 

I'or  tlie>e  thr(Mt  reasons,  l.-ick  of  hnowledj^e  and 
apprcH-iation  of  Canada's  resources  as  a  section  of  tln' 
(oniinenl,  a  strong  and  Ln'owinn'  sentinu  n1  against 
farther  teri'itorial  exlen-'ion,  and  a  (eeling  llial  her 
national  debt  is  biggei-  than  hei*  national  assets, 
tliei'c  is  little  I'eeling  to-day  in  this  co::n(:-y  favoi'able 
to  lu  !•  ;inne\alio;i.  'J'hat-  such  a  U>{'ling  wouhl  exist 
if  the  ])eoi)le  Knew  all  tlie  facts  i\\'  the  case  I  (h)  not 
doubt;  lull  ;!..  it  i-,  1  beg  my  revl-fa.-ed  Iriends  to 
under-lnnd  l!;;;!  there  is  no  dani;-ei' of  Canada  being 
'Vswall(.we(l  ""  by  the  States.  If  she  ever  is  admitted 
to  the  I'nion,  she  A\ill  be  ;idmit.ted  only  at  her  own 


CONTIXKNTAI,   INITY. 


21 


.() 


caniCflt  asking-,  aiul  hicause  Iho  jx'ople  of  both  coun- 
tries, by  li'ii  years  of  obsersaliou  and  slialy  ol'  ihc 
facts  of  tbo  case,  arc;  coiivineed  tliai;  su«-li  a  luiioii  is 
inevitable,  and  sure  to  result  in  gi'eat  good  to  all  cou- 
cerncd. 

r>ut  it  is  said  iii  some  quai'ters,  and  i)v  some 
it  is  shoiiifd  forth  as  if  it  ended  IJu;  diseiission, 
that  "Eng-lisli  s(Mitiinent  "  forbids  union  of  Canada 
Avitli  ihe  States.  Indeed,  the  veiv  noise  made  over 
this  assertion  is  suspicious.  Jl  sounds  \(i'v  like  a 
gun  hea\  i!y  charged  Avith  ])o\V(lei'  without  a  bullel  in 
it.  It  nr'.kes,  at  dis;'hai-ge,  only  a  li(»llo\v  roar — a 
dreadful  roar,  but  that  is  all!  I^et  us  trjuislnie  this 
vociieration  into  calm  statement,  put  it  into  sensible 
shape,  so  ^:.ensil)le  men,  seelcing  aflei-  the  tiaitli  in  this 
discus -ion,  ean  gel  at  it  and  measure  it  and  sec  liow 
niuch  it  actually  represents  and  stands  for  in  this 
vita]  ])robleiu  of  future  connection. 

Translated  to  statement,  then,  this  •■  EugHsh 
sentiment"  assertion  means  this:  Tlial  Ihcic  is  in 
Canada,  and  am<»ng  the  avIioIc  body  of  Canada's 
inha!)ir;ints,  such  an  intense  and  ]>ersou;;]  hive  for 
l^nghind,  Iju^iish  cciuiei  tion,  and  the  Knglish  tlag, 
fliat  thc_\  would  not  tolerate;  any  other  connection, 
jio  matter  v.]i;;t  conuiierclal  and  poliii^al 'advantages 
it  iiiii;ii!  briu'j,'.  e\en  with  the  kindred  bannci-  of  the 
States. 

^'(•ry  welL  ]Vo\\.  friends,  Nuch  a  statement  is  ti'ue 
or  it  isn't  ii'U(\  If  it  is  true,  il  cuds  discussion  and 
iixes  thi'ir  liae.  li'  it  i-n't  true,  i!  Ien\ '.;s  iji.  in;  luv 
oj)(>n  for  reason  and  judgment  to  decide  what  it  shall 
be,  in  the  in1.'re.-ts  of  those  now  living  and  of  their 
cliildriMi  after  them.      Let  us  seoAvhich. 


CONTINENTAL   UNFIT. 


Tlic  ])ni)iilalioii  of  Cfninda  is  ,'5,000.000.  Of  this 
nniiiltcr  1,.')00,(H)(>  ;irc  ol"  ]>tiro  Fivncli  deseent,  im- 
niix'od  with  e-ross  of  Iiln^^Tisli  blood.  The  Jhi,<i:li.sh 
and  Fi'i'iich  1)1o(m1>  have.  lU'Vci-  miiin-h'd  in  liaj)py 
union  and  never  w  dl.  'J'liey  are  loo  iiidike.  Tlie 
(ianl  and  Ih'ilon  never  eonid  ai>'i*ee.  TIu'V  have 
never  !<)\<'d  eaeii  Uiher  and  never  can.  ^I'lioy  hate 
nioi'e  readily. 

Cressy,  l^)!liers,  A,L^ine(inrt,  Watei-Joo,  and  the 
IMains  (;!' Ahi-aliaiii  (  nii)hasize  the  anla.iionisni  of  the 
bloods.  Fi\t'  Inuidred  years  of  vicinage  and  fiv(3 
innidred  yeaj's  oC  war  ])etvv(xui  two  races  mean 
sonietliing.  Surely  lie  would  Ik*  laugiied  at  who 
shouiil  assei'l  beloi'e  an  audience,  ihat  on  (Jod's  earth 
tlu're  is  a  body  ol  i..")()(),()Oi)  |)ui'e-l)loode(l  .Fi'cnch- 
ni(  n  who  leve  the  Knglish  llag  so  intensclv  that  ihoy 
could  not  |ios>ib1y  live  under  that  neigdiboi'ing  one, 
lo  lilt  the  slandai'd  and  set  the  >(ai's  in  which  llieir 
ancestors  fought  nwl  bled  with  the  Continentals 
under  \Va>hiniiton  at  Vorktow  n.  \v\v  well.  From 
lheo.00l),0n()  we  will  subtract  !..")()(l,O0t>,  and  say  Avith 
fJo>e|)h  »J(M}erson  in  the  phiy,  "they  don't  count!  '' 

Now  coini'  the  ( ieiinatis,  recent  inniiigrants  to  her 
short">,  I)!)().0d0  slrnng.  When  and  w  hence,  jti'ay, 
hive  tlu'.-e  gotten  so  .suddeidy  this  |>as>ioh  i<»r  the 
i'ji:.Cii>h  llagV  Have  th''\  a  charui  hung  over  .Vnti- 
costi.  so  p'lient  ill  its  working  tliat  w'li.'U  the  s<»n.s 
anil  daughters  of  the  ( )ld  (icrnian  I'ace  sail  under  it, 
llieir  blood  is  (  han'gcfl  b\  ii>  magic,  so  that  lliey 
forget  th(ir  (bar  Fader-land  and  be((ime  on  the 
instant  intensely  JhiglishV 

Again.  Among  the  Tatiadians  are  the  Irish — a 
million    stronu'.      One   out    ol"  ever\     rotn-    ol"  them 


CONTINENTAL  UNITY. 


23 


romeiribors  Ireland  and  Ikt  wronos.  When  have  tli(> 
Irish,  driven  out;  of  Ireland  hv  Eno-jish  nco-h.f.j  .jinl 
eriie'ty,  loved  Enghnid  .so  that  it  would  break  their 
honest  hearts  lo  scc^  the  red  Ha;;-  eonie  down,  and 
the  Inniner  of  lliat  I'cpiil.iie  M-hich  for  their  liice  has 
IxMii  a  rel'u.^'e  Iroin  hano-cr  and  JVoiii  tviannv  rise  in 
s})lend()i' above  theii'  lieads? 

The  Scoteli  among  thc-in  nnmbcr  ^.'(KOOf),  and 
tliey  love  thril't,  are  eonniicrcial  in  tlu'ir  instinct — the 
natural  Yankees  of  the  IJi'itish  Isles — and  fit  as  nat- 
nrally  to  >."e\v  York,  Boston  and  ( "hica^-o  as  thcN'  do 
to  London  oi-  LiMM'pool.  Then,  ihci-c  are  of  In- 
dians and  of  various  othc  i-  Jbreign  races  2.-)(,',( )()(). 
So  then  th(>  census  brings  us  down  to  this  bare  total. 
The  j)o|)uUilion  of  <  "anada  ain(Muils,  all  told,  to 
o,000,OvK).  or  tliis  nnnilKi-  l,;UX).Or)0  are  non-Kng- 
lish  in  blood  and  halat  ol'thouglit;  and  of  English 
fc«to(dv,  oidy  70d,(HK)  ar(>  leCt. 

Ent  these  evm  are  ly  no  means  '•  inteissely  Eng- 
li:di  "  in  their  sentiment,  so  that  ihey  condd  not  lolei- 
ate  union  with  the  .States.     Fortliey  are  tbi-  tlu^  most 
l)art  Canadian-born,  and  llieivlbre,  in  habii  of  liie  and 
thought,  oC  this  (^)ntinenl  and  not  of  I-^ngland.     The 
older  <!nes  re])resent   tlie  I]nglish  colonial   >|iirii,and 
cling  to  the  old  land,  as  i.s  honorable   for  them  to  <lo. 
But  he  who  is  born  liere  is   not   ot  lilngland,  but  of 
America.     Tie  i^  child  of  a  ('onfment.  not  of  a  liilli 
island,  and  the  lo\-e  ol'  the  Continent,  the  pride  ol'  it, 
t\iu\    all    the   hope:-,  aml)itious  and  dreams  his   great 
birthright  engen{k\'s   is    in    hiui,   warm    ami    strong. 
lie  loves  England  a<  all  of  us  of  Ihiglish  de-cent  Ionc 
her — as  the  old   mother-land  and   blood-centn'  of  ii.> 
all,  |)iit  not  as   his   native   land.     His  native  land  i- 


24 


CONTINENTAL  UNITY, 


not  a  colonial  fragment  of  a  widely-scattered,  wealdy- 

connected  Eni()ire,  but  a,  nuhle  ])art  of  a  vasl  r\)nti- 

nental  Sovereignty,  whose  j)ar1s  iiiul  natural  iidjii.'^t- 

nients,   cemented  with   (|ni('k    exclianges  of  mutual 

profit,  common  i:i  language,  liberty  and  faith,  held  in 

natnral  oneness  hy  circling  seas  that  hound  the  four 

horizons,  destined  to  be  so  iio[)ulou8,  rich  and  potent 

in  the  world  that  the  little  Mother  Isle  wi'l  soon  be 

place  of  pilgrimage  and  not  of  central  power,  where 

the  mightiest  race  on  earth,  or  that  earth  ever  kne^t^, 

shall  find  shrine  to  reverence  and  ni)t  throne  to  swav. 

Jn  view,  therefore,  of  the  facts   of  the  case,  I  see 

no    grounds    whateviM'    that    this   great   movement 

toward  Continental  Unity,  the  beginning  of  which  Ave 

happily  see,  can  be  long  stayed  or   hindered   greatly 

by  this  so-called  ••English   simtiment-'  in  Canada,  of 

which  we  hear  so  nnicli  and  loudly  in  ct  ilain  rpuir- 

ters. 

The  iiotion,  advanced  bv  some,  that  England  will 
oppose  such  luiion  as  this  of  whicli  wc  s])eak,  is  not 
groundce  in  reason;  the  explanation  being  found  in 
the  fact  lliat  she  has  no  interest  to  do  so.  l]nglaud  is 
nearer  the  I'^nited  States  to-day  in  many  essential 
elements  of  unity  than  she  i.  to  Canada..  Trade  rules 
to-day,  and  he  wlio  buys  most  of  Enghnurs  jicoplc 
gets  nearest  to  their  lu';;i't- .  This  not  from  mc  rce- 
nary  reasons  only,  but  from  the  higlKM-  uses  and  the 
nobler  iiilhiiMices  of  tralli<"  for  all  exchami-es  of 
])roducts  and  commodities  ninong  men  tend  toward 
brotherhood.  Trade  honor;ib1y  conducted  mea.ns  in 
the  end  frati'ri:i;'::!tion.  Tlie  ( oin  <»f  t  i  ade  becomes 
ultimately  coin  of  (iod.  Human  w;mts  cstiddish 
human    brotherlKH.d.     'i'ralUc   is   the    univei's;)!    Ian- 


CONTIXKN  TAl.  IM  TV. 


!j;-iiii*i'('  <»('  liiiinan  (•oiniminic.'ilion.  All  nations  read 
and  sneak  that  tongue  at  slo-ht.  'I'lic  (i\ili/,c(l  man 
is  a  trading-  boing.  The  ti'adci' — iIh'  man  ^\llo  l>nys 
and  scdls — ty|»(s  ihc  hi'otlicrliood  ol'lhc  mill(Miinn). 

Tliis  is  why  Knghmd  is  nearci"  tlic  Stales  iIkhi  she 
is  jo  her  own  coIoun  to-day.  She  hii\->  more  oC  ns. 
She  sells  nioi-e.  The  niothei' and  her  ii-i'eat  danghtei' 
ai-i'  r('plin,i;'iti')i'c  strongly  their  mutual  dopcndence  on 
cacli  oilier.  They  hny  and  honnw  ofeaMi  other.  Their 
s(jns  and  daughters   are    intermarrNing.      Thev  visit 


an<l  eveliange  many  courtesies.  1  lieu-  [lolitieians  meet 
for  eonsullalion  and  swap  sei'viees  on  the  stum]),  and 
we  can  -ay,  with  hand-  U[)lirted  in  jH'aise  to  (rod 
who  has  so  oi'dered  it  in  mere\.  that  tlie  old  wars 
ai'c  hushed  and  the  old  .  ed  lines  oi'  di\is!on  and 
.seiiaration  drawn  \)\  th(  ni  ai'e  lading  aw;:\  forever. 
Xo.  no!  If  ('anada  e\'er  does  eome  into  union  witli 
the  States  she  will  noi  |ea\i'  I'^ngland.  hut  come 
nigher  to  hei'  and  into  a  jiolilie  and  iiseal  eonnection 
more  sympathetic  with  her  interesis  tiian  hei's  is  to- 
day oi'  may  cNcr  he  w  hile  she  goe-  (»n  along  the  line 
she  (rails  at  pi-e.-ent.  a  line  uhieh  i^  leading  her 
Carther  and  larlher  I'rom  K'  gland's  trade  connection 
an<l  sympathies,  as  all  English  mamiracturei---  Know 
and  say,  and  making  her  an  alien  to  tho'-c  wlio  repi'c- 
sent   ihe  trade  and  profits  (d'the  mothei'-land. 

Foi' ('anada  there  are  hut  three  ])o>vil)Ie  fni  m-es 
—  (Uie  is  to  I'cmain  as  she  is.  an  oiul\  ing  l']uglish 
Colony,  hampered  in  gro\Mh.  hectored  in  spii'il. 
j)inned  «-onlinuallN  to  the  v(\<xv  (d' peril  (roiu  imperial 
ciitanglemcnts,  di-ained  oi'  her  population  In  the  great 
attraction--  to  the  south  of  her.  wiih  wldcdi,  while  she 
I'eniaius    a    co|oii\,«he  can  never    suceessfnlU     com- 


2(i 


C(1NTINENTAL   IMTV 


pclc;  o|)|)i'('ssc'(l  Nvith  ilic  Imrdeii  <>('  (li'V)l  wliicli,  from 
ll'x  [HM-iiliai'  coiisliuctloii  of  lici'  conlrdcrjiti.Ml  auriH'- 
iiicnt  and  tiic  ciniailv  |)i'ciiliar  liahils  oCIkt  polilician^, 
she  can  lU'illii'r  casllv  cari'v  nor  piil  a  stop  to  its 
I'iii'IIk'I-  inci'casi';  icinaiii  suhjict  to  iinroi-tiinatc  con- 
ditions, and  i'\  rf  o])pos('d  io  tlu-  prcssui-i's  oC  an 
nncniain  if  not  a  pci'ilons  I'litni'c;  oi'  she  can,  iui- 
pcilcd  liv  the  ncci'v^itv  of  hcttci'inii*  iter  condition, 
,s('('k  and  ol)iain  release',  as  slir  proltably  conld.  IVom 
impcfial  connt'ction.  and  ont  o("  the  chrysalis  oC  colo- 
nialism I)ur>t  into   the    \vini;-ed   einlxxlinient    of  in(U'- 


jcndencs' 


Th 


i>   j)ossil)ilit_v  has   its  attraction' 


to  all 


^'•eneroiis  )niiids.  The  hii'lh  oC  a  new  nationality,  iC 
it  he  a  happy  one,  coining,"  in  the  rnlliu^ss  oi' timi',  and 
ha\  injj,'  adeipiate  heroic  canscs  foi-  its  pareniaii'c,  is  ;i 
{•(■suit  npon  which  the  <^'ood  \\i>-hesol'  n)aid<ind  are 
sin'c  to  he  ««howered  :  and   snch  a   hirt  n,  so  cansed  in 


the  case  o 


r  ( 


anada.  wo 


n\i\   he   hailed   a>    an   e\(nt  of 


prime  inau'iiitiide  \)y  all  memhcr-.  oi"  the  Imi^TisIi 
speaking' race.  l('(anada  .-lionld  hecome  a  Itepnhlie, 
the  natnra.l  instincts  of  all  Amiricans  would  ])rompt 
them  to  Li'ixe  her  a  nohlr  and  ;:-enei'ous  recoj.vnition. 
liei;,'arde(l  only  from  a  sentimental  ])oiiit  ol'  \iew  \\  e 
should  all  cojUem|)late  lier  nationali/ati(»n  with  ])i-ide 
an<l  -ati>ract ion.  Slic  \\onh!  -uri'ly  receiNC  IVom  ns 
all  hoth  olliciid  and  sympathetic  recoo-uii  ion.  Um  1 
iail  to  sec  how.  he_\oiid  this  point  of  pers(!nal  it'ood 
will,  she  could  I'cceive  from  u-  ol"  tlu'  Ivcpuhlic.  (.'ither 
the  practical  assistance  sjh'  needs,  or  the  connnei-cial 
c.iv;eelion  on  which,  and  on  which  alone  she  can 
;'a>e  her  i'lit  lire  industrial  expansion.  For  we 
'iepnl)lic  h(  he\  <' in  the  Moiu'oe  ■.Vx-trine,  not 
ai)prn'd  to  oui'  sea  line,  and  tlu-  [)art;5  ut'  Mie 


wxwnmi 


CONTINKNIAL    INITV. 


27 


Coiilinciit  to  i1k'  south  of  lis.  I)iit  we  hclicNc  in  ii  \\'\\\i 
equal  sincerity  aiid  c'lnu'stiicss  ;is  npitiitd  i,,  ihc 
g-i'cat  division  of  tlic  ('onlincnt  lo  tin-  iioi'lli  of  U'-  :i> 
well.  So  Ioul;-  ns  Canada  I'cniains  as  siic  h.-is  been 
and  is  to-day,  coniparaliN cly  weak  in  |)o|)iilati<in.  in 
developed  i-esoui'co.  and  in  military  ])o>vci-.  >lic  i-^'not 
a  suhjeet  of  sei'ious  eonccin  to  us.  x-arecly  vwn  of 
lliou^'hl.  I)Ut  oiiee  let  lier  beii'in  to  as-uiiH-  propor- 
tions of  magnitude  in  tlie-^c  difeetions;  once  K-l  us 
disciTii  that  he)"  fi\c  millions  ai-c  soon  to  hccome 
twenty  millions,  and  those  twenty  likely  to  hcconic  in 
the  ])r(\i»-ress  of  time  foi-ty  millions,  and  tiic  n'rcat  pi'o- 
tectiNc  princi|)lc  ol'  out'  nationality  now  lyln,u-  latent 
as  re,u'ai'ds  hei"  existence  on  our  i)or<lcrs,  \\ouI(l  sud- 
denly come  to  the  sui'face,  and  what  has  hi-en  up  to 
this  and  is  still  only  a  theoiy,  would  on  the  instant 
liecome  a  condition  of  thinn's.  and  a  condition  as 
])ractical  and  g,i'avc  as  vwv  challen<i'ed  tlu' attention 
of  our  ( ioverinnent,  or  thi'ust  itself  as  a  \ital  force 
into  our  politics.  1  thiidx  I  do  not  o\  I'l-estimalc  the 
.Vnu-rican  instinct  touchiuij,"  the  soli(bu'ity  o*'*his  Con- 
tinent when  I  declare  that  ^\  e  of  the  li(  p'ui)!lc  shall 
ncNci'  staiul  idly  hy  '\i\(\  see  a  i2,"i'cat  powei-  huilt  up, 
eithci'  on  the  '>('Uthern  or  uoi'tlicrn  side  of  u^-.  Napo- 
leon ill.  sou^i^ht  to  e-.tah!i-h  a  thi'ouc  in  ^Icxico. 
and  to  place  ^Maximilian,  the  Austrian,  upon  it.  And 
we,  Innini;'  a  domestic  niattei-  oii  our  hands.  >a  id  noth- 
in<;'  for  a  while:  hut  had  he  succeeded  —  well,  wc 
shoidd.  ha\'e  up-^ct  his  little  ihi'onc.  and  shipped  his 
soldiers  h(»me  to  him  with  our  complunent.N,  and  the 
ura\'  and  the  hlue  alike  would  lia\('  assisted,  with 
equal  heartiness  and  loyalty,  in  doinuit.  And  this 
we  should  have  done,  not  because  we  dislike  France, 


2H 


CONTINKNIAL    I  WHY 


(i)i'  \\v  do  iiol.  We  iulinii'e  her  I'atlu'i',  ;in<l  llu-  j^rati- 
iiidc  ui'  feci  lor  Iii'i'  ;inci('iil  aHiniicc  willi  «>iii-  ('allici's 
ami  llic  iK'lp  ol'  it  ill  IaC'VoIiiIIoii.u'v  liim's,, still  Hows 
wannlv  in  oiir  lilood.  ami  !In,L;"i'rs  like  the  glow  i.)!' a 
svvi'C'l  iiu'moiy  ai'oiiiid  our  hearts.  Hut  a\ c  sjioidd 
have  done  it  hccaiisc  we  have  it  as  a  ])<»iiev  and  a  sel- 
lled  roii\irtioii  thai  nc  loi-eiij;-!!  power,  iiiidir  aiiv 
iiaiiK'  or  lla;j,'.  >hall  evei'  divide  this  ("oiilineiit  with 
us.  oi'  hiiild  ilsxil' ii|)  eithi'r  t(.)  our  woi'i'iment  or  our 
piM'il.  ]>\'  riii'ht  of  deeds  done  and  l)Iood  shed,  of 
luoiu'V  s|>('iit  and  |)r(),Li;ri'ss  made;  hv  lluM'iii'lit  ol't rials 
nainherless  hravely  ])(>rn<'.  of  saerihees  heyoiid  eounl 
J'celv  ollei-ed  upon  the  altar  ol' our  national  i'aith.  and, 
as  we  h<  lieve.  on  the  altai*  of  (Jod,-\ve  do  solemnly 
hold,  that  we  ha\e  a  j'i^u'ht  to  live  and  gTow.  nn- 
elie<d<ed.  unhindered.  uiiim|)ei-illed  hv  aiiv  otlier  lla<i" 
or  power,  and  that  the  vJiolr  ('ontinent,  from  gulf  to 
gulf,  and  oeean  to  oeean,  will,  must,  shall,  in  the  full- 
ness of  time,  and  W(.>  hojie  hy  the  law  of  henevolent 
all  rartion,  coine  niidi'r  the  baniu'i' of  1  he  Re|nil)lie, 
ol' which  lo  he  a  eitl/tn,  we  hold,  i^  bettei'  b(joJi  than 
1/ 


>  be  a  km; 


1    do   not    >ee,   therefori-,   h( 


»\v    we    can.   A\nh    due 


regard  lo  our  own  rdtimate  and   highest  interest    and 
t(>  our   coiiNictions   as    Americans,  assist    Canada    to 
commercial,  politicjd,  and   inilitarv  gi'eatness,  1»\-  ;ni\ 
reciprocal  m(i'<-antile  ari'angement  under  llu   name  of 


1 


veci 


proeit 


\    or   an\'  othci' 


amc,   Willie    siie    remains 


foreign  lo  ns  in  fact,  and  h(istile  [)crliap-  in  policy 
and  spirit.  That  reciprocity  in  exchanges  in  jtrod- 
nets  A\(>idd  he  of  linancial  ad\antage  to  hei-  and  ns, 
1  make  no  ((nestion.     That  it  would  Indp  her  li-n-fold 


moi'e   than    it   c<jidd   us.  i  f(.ud   able   to  d 


cmoustrate 


lai 


("ONTINKN  r.\l<    I  MTV 


21) 


[m»1'  it  Mould  liclj)  luT  vilnlly;  ;iii'l  >\\v.  -.ciiiirnlcd  ;is 
she  is  IVoiii  ('oiiliiK'ntnl  coiiiu'ciions,  is  in  tlu-  ori|,  ,,{• 
;i  \it;il  uc(H'ssit\  ;  Avliilc  we  ar<>  nn|.  WC  d,,  not  need 
her  \il;dlv:  and  Ikmici'.  on  lln'  1('\<'1  of  dollars  and 
cents,  the  hai-j^'ain  must  hr  a^-ainst  ns.  It  i>  not  in 
tln'  wit  of  man,  wlu-n  the  whole  scope  orilie  ijuotion 


is  eonsK 


lered, 


io   make   a    hai'u'ain   thai   wonid    not    lie 


one-sided.  The  conditions  o('e(jnity  are  n<it  lU'ocnt. 
Foi-  the  (jueslion,  as  I  have  shown,  is  not  one  of 
dollars  and  eent>,  hnt  of  cmpii'e;  n(»l  of  prr>-cni" 
lirolils,  hnl  (d'  (ntiire  (h)niain;  not  of  di(d>;er  and 
ii-ade  between  individnal-.  hnt  ol'  National  |)olic\-  as 
]'e])i'esenlini;'  the  true  and  lastiiii;-  intere^t^-  oC  the 
.K(>|)ul)li('.  While  Canada  remains  a  eoloin  of  a  non- 
continental  i)owei',  she  nuisi  take  the  chance  of  a 
colony.  She  nuist  look  to  Kn,i;lan(i,  wliich  she  jn'e- 
1'ei's.  loi-  lu'lp,  and  not  to  ns,  to  "whom  s]ii>  reCnses  to 
hejoini'd.  Slionid  she  lH(.'<(nie  an  independent  Nation 
and  si't  herself  up  as  a  ri\al  po\vei'.  then  as  a  rival 
])0wei'  >he  mn^t  he  ti'caled,  and  in  u**  other  \va\.  W 
she  chooses  tliat  position,  then  she  hersidf  ol'  ]]vv 
owji  ifnaided  elforts  must  malvc  it  L^'ood.  Would  we 
hMV(>  ;uded  the  French  in  their  mad  attempt  to  huild 
np  a  forei^'n  [)owerin  ^^e\ico  ?  'Hie  ([ue--tion  answer- 
itsi'If.  Shall  we  ilieii  help  the  l"]n,j4-lish  or  ('nuadians 
to  l)uild  up  an  alien,  a  rixal.  a  ho>tile  connnonwealt h 
on  the  north  of  ns  that  would  split  tlu'  Continent 
asunder,  iix  foi'evei'  a  boundary  line  thrt'e  thousand 
miles  in  lenjj^ih  hetv.een  us,  and  chalk  e\('r_\  ineli  (d' 
it  vv(\  with  peril  V  Is  that  the  heritau'i'  w  c  of  the 
Kej)ublic  })r()])ose  by  our  stujjidity  or  ouV  mercinari- 
ness  to  lease  to  our  chiUh'en   for  a  thousand    Ncai'sV 


."N 


o. 


lot  one  l)ri(lv  shall  our   hands   take   to   their 


.so 


(•ON'lMNKN'r.VI.  IM  TV 


fi 


ttinpit'.  X<>l  one  sli'MW  will  uc  iiisc  llicin  lor  llio 
iii.ikiiii;'  oi'llicii"  Iwiclv.  IT  llicy  InolishlN  (Iccliic  to 
htiild  citlur  llit  ii'owii  (M-  iMiiiliiiKl's  ;j,lor_v  Jipai'l  IVom, 
and  ill  |Hi'il  lo  iis,  thru  mii-t  tlicv  build  iiloiii'.  'V\\v 
]iio>i  ill  nil  rcji-oii  and  consciriicc  tlicv  can  ask  in 
Micii  \\(trk.  tlic  utiiiost  that  till'  clxili/cd  world  A\oiild 
f'\|K'ct  ol'  lis  is,  that  WT  stand  bv  and  lift  no  h;,.id  lo 
|»r('\in1. 

The  ( 'anndian  ([iit'slion  liric'lly  stated  tlu'ii.  is  this: 
(V.nada  is  now  nncoinn'clcd  with  those  powers  and 
Ibrces  which  (MMiiniercially  and  politically  represent 
tlic  Conlinciil.  IJeinu"  t hiis  nnconni'cti'd.  slu'  snO'ers. 
Her  ^iiU'crinj^s  arc  approachin*^  a  ci'isis.  She  is  cast- 
\u'j;  around  lio'A  lo  make  the  n('cdc(l  co'.inections  \\  it  ii 
lis.  She  interrogates  iis.  Our  an>\\('r  is — no  patri- 
otic American,  who  understands  what  the  interro;^*a- 
tion  and  answer  mean,  can  make  other  reply  than 
this  —  ,/ 


oni    IIS . 


How  the  union  can  take  pla  'c.  !-■  a  matter  fbi- 
i'litnre  consideration.  1  iuhmI  not  con>idei'  it — yon 
need  not.  Canada  ha-  not  ihoiij^-hl  hersell' to  thai 
point.  I.'^ntil  ^he  does,  we  JiaNc  nolhlim  to  do  "with 
her  oi-  lier  j)rohlems.  S|n  is  inteili^tnl  :  let  her  (U-- 
eide  iier  own  best  course  Ibr  hersell*.  But  one  tbinij;" 
.1  will  say,  that  1  can  couei  i\-e  of  no  proposition  more 
crude   or   hmlful    than    llx'    one    some    unthouii'btrul 


person    has    ma<le,  —  to    juiivhase 


her.      I 


can    on 


eharaclenzt'  sncb  a  proposition  as  simply  slu)ckin<^'. 
its  eoarst'uess  Avill  ser\e.  jiei'haj)s,  one  uood  j)uriK)se; 
viz.:  l(»  brin^•  out  the  tine  altitudes  oC  the  subject. 
I  have  liviMl  amon^-  the  Canadians  nuieli.  I  iiave 
travelled  widely  lliroiii;-!!  theii'  country.  I  have  eaten 
Avith  their  poor  and  feasted  with  their  rich.     I  know 


.       CONTrXKNTM.  rNI'IY 


m.'inv  ol'tlioii'  public  men.  mikI  .•iukmiu'  llicm  I  niinilx'r 
tiiaiiy  fViciKls.  As  ;i  wlmlc  ihc  ( ';m;i(li;m  proplc  arc 
proud;  l),'i"-k  of  ilicin  i-  a  ii'rcal  histofy:  ahead  of 
lIuMii.  under  lair  cniidiiloiis.  i>  ;i  i;i-eat  riitiwe.  '\'\\'\< 
liicN  know.  I'his  lliev  I'eel.  1  need  «tiil\  s;i\  llial 
llie  u'eiitlcnien  win*  imw,  in  wit.  in  enltn.re,  in  weallli, 
in  skill,  in  pati'iolisiu.  repi'esenl  ('anada,  ;ire  imi  ol" 
the  sori  that  can  l»e  hon^iit.  Thex  do  not  propose 
to  sell  their  eoimtry  or  as>isi  in  pntiinu'  it  np  foi' >Mle. 
'I'his  applies.  Iriends.  t<t  all  parties  and  >eet'-.  and 
yon  can  hnild  ytnn-  plans  on  it  as  a  I'aet.  11"  von 
hiiild  on  other  loiindation  \on  will  oidv  eon-trnet  ;i 
l^ahel,  which,  when  yon  shall  have  pnshed  ii  n|).  a- 
it  wonid  seem,  to  the  skies.  \\ij|  >ii<ldtnl\  tnnd)le 
upon  you,   hrinii'in;^"  ruin   and   eonfnsion   as   it    I'alU. 


\ 


•r  would   any    arranuH'ineiit    hke   reciproeMv    In 


satislactor\    to  eitln  r  counlr\ 


It 


would    he    ()nl\ 


teniporarv  uiakeshirt:   a  plan  to  s;ui>r\    the   ui'<t'd  of 
irallic,  and    not    to   settle   a   (piest" 


Ion    oi    |-.nn>iri' 


would  ha\  e  lor  it--  parents  noihiui;'  worthier  th;in 
considcrat ious  of  dollars  and  cents,  ;iii<l  hein^'  th.n> 
hasi'K  Itoi'u,  \\oidd  li.c  a  snarling';  lil'e  and  .die  >oon. 
( 'oiniueree  is  \iially  eouuecled  wilii  ilie  srtileinent 
of  ihi-  (Uicstion.  hut  it    nexcr  can    he   >ettle(|   on   the 


citunuereiai  iiasi-. 


1' 


or  oiu'  conuiiercial  I'elat  lou^  \\\\  \\ 


( 'arunlians  are  hut  a  p:u'l,  —  a  \(v\  >in;ill  pari.  — of 
the  (pieslion  het  w  ecu  u>  :  the  real  one.  t  he  iirejil .  ui'a\  e 
(»ne  is.  w  hai  i>  to  he  t  heir  polit  ie;ii.  iheir  ij,()\  ei-un>ental. 
ihelr  inililars  relations  to  u>.  ;ind  heiiee  it  i-  \aiu  I" 
make  an\  scitlenient  whieli  settles  only  the  pai'l.  the 
suudlcst  part.  <d'  the  dillicuity.  hut  lea\es  the  major 
part  of  the  pi'ohlem  uiisoKcd.  nas.  unconsidered. 
I    nniv    l>e   mislakt'ii.   i)nt    1    lielieNc   that    ( '(«mniercial 


:V2 


ctiSriNKN  r  \|,    I'M  IV 


Ii('ci|ii'n(it  s    l)\   il"^»'ir  \\<iiil(l  ;4'i'cMlly  iftni'd.  ir  it  WdiiM 

liol     jnTMIll     tlir    llllinli    nl"  (  ';i  ii;|(liim-     willl    IIn.i('||u' 

Siiito;  lirc;iii>-(\  1>\  rt'licviii;;- llic  iiiiiiu'diiilr  |»irssm7' 
<>r  |)i-i>t'iil  ii('rr>'«it  \  .  wliicli  i>  ii|»tm  iIh'Iii.  ;iii«I  v\  liicli 
i>  ciiii'-ciL  Mini  (•;iii>('(l  oiilv.  I»v  tlirir  ii' •ii-('()iiiiccli(»ii 
willl  the  l;i'1'!iI,  (•ciilcr  ••!'  ihc  ('(intiiitiil,  it  uoiiM 
stop    tliriil     IVnm     r;|ftln'|-    i  ll\  i>l  iu.lt  in||     :i||(|      |irc\<'in 

llicni  IVoiii  •'•('It inij,"  down  lo  tin-  Ixtttnm  df  iIk'  dilli- 
'•iill\.  Ill  llic  Mii/f  (»r  siiddi'ii  Mild  \;i>t  I'rlicf  tliuli' 
i;ytis  Would  l)('  blinded  m)  tlint  iIh-n  would  not  xH-tlir 
;i,clti;il  and  dccji-scatcd  caii^c  ol'  all  tlirir  Iroiihlc^-, — 
wliicli  is  political  scparaiion  IVoin  tlir  ^'fcat.  ricli  and 
pi-o^prroiis  nation  to  tjic  ^oiitli  ol  tlifni.  W'cif  ihcN 
one  with  11'^.  t  licv  would  !ia\c  llnof  liiiaiicial,  indus- 
trial, and  coniiiH'rcial  connection-  which  would  i;i\«' 
theiiia  growth  and  r\paii-ion  in  riches  and  power 
in  tell  vear-.  whieh  a  liiiiidred  vear-  liasc  raiitMl  to 
hriiiLi,-  llu'in.  aiitl  which  another  ecntiirN  unaided  hv 
us   will    tail    lo   hrinu:'  them. 

Let,  !  hei(d"or(.',  I  sa\.  the  ('anadiau-  alone.  (il\c 
tlieiii  time  to  suller  IVom,  and  reali/e  the  real  can-i' 
of  all  their  tioulile-.  l>>'atli  is  iiiis\  there,  as  here, 
and  alio\e  the  ura\es  (»!'  the  next  decade,  ('anadian 
llM»un-ht  will  mo\  e  on  more  easil\  and  swil'th  lo  a 
(dear  apprehen-ion  ol'whal  i-  wi«''  and  adetpiate. 
MoreoNcr.  at  piH-scni.  ( 'anaihi  i-  ind  "ted  with  an 
epidemic,  or  iier  polilician^  an-.  I  ■id'cr  lo  an  epi- 
•  leiuic  for  titles.  Knccn  politician  of  tin-  toi'V  paii\ 
there  hopes  lor  Ik  axH'ii  ai  last,  hut  he  is  deierminc«l 
to  U'ct  a  rihhoii  or  a  ij,arter  on  the  earth  whether  or 
u«>.  The  attempt  to  introduce  a  laded  copy  o!  llrit- 
Isli  ari-toci'ae\  on  thi>  <  "ontiueiil  i>  silK  oi"  course. 
lieuLi-ougli,  thai   i'iwd    of  our  i>\\  n  Nast.  can    I'idieule 


rONTrNRXTAI,   I'NITY 


it  in  tilt  cinlonn^  <>r  his  ( ii'ip.  as  he  due-  mi>-l  cl'v  trl\ . 
Itiil  l'irii,n(»iiuii  Knnws  tli.'it  lniv\fN<i'  ^ill\  Ihi  iitl<'iii|>l 
ii,;i\  lie.  i<  1>,  iif\  crt  lii'lo^.  Im'imli  -«(ri<»u>l_\  madr. 
Tlif  Sir  J(»liMs.  and  I  he  Sir  ( 'liarlc-o.  tin-  Sir  Donald^ 
and  ( iforii-fs  and  Alplion'-i's,  ar«'  u>'itin>i  lhi(d<t  r  in 
('anadian  >ocii'l;.  ihanijd'  slarsiu  a  sian't-  iirnianicnt. 
\\\\\\  \  lia\c  l>rrn  told  thai  our  nld-i in)c»IMl(»\\  citi- 
zen, that  iMnhndinifiit  <>r  Aincrican  pn-li.  iorci'  and 
plnrk  I  hc\  iliiporlrd  lit  hnild  tlirir  Lire 
ihcni.  ha>  rcccntlx  hcconir  a  l>riti>li  -id»jt'ct.  and  i^ 
Hi  w  Sii-  \'an  llcrnci  \\  po*]-!  What  looU  v\c  nior 
ial>  arc  I 


111   railroad  I'oi 


N 


(t.  no.    \vc 


\vi>li    none    of    that    >ori  o|"  iliiii;.:'  on 


lliis  >idc  (d"  the  line.  Hthr  ('anadian  people  like  it 
tlien  can  thevhaxe  it  i-.  t  heir  heaii-"  <-ontent .  We 
ill  not  l(»lerate  ^neli  lollv  in  tiii-  liepnhlic :  we 
ill  not   <4rart   >-neh    aneienl    rot.  «-iicli    anlii|ne  mildew 


\\ 


\\ 


he  hranehes  id  onr  hnddinu-.  hh  MMninu'.  iVnillid 

hood 


a\  <■   >ncli  ;i-.  man 


npon  I 

life.       N(i    man    ha-    litk'    \\r\v 

<j:\\-  Crom  iione-t   manlnxx 

i>  le\cl.  hi•^  hand  open,  and  hi>  heart  >onnil. 


I  fonnd  ii    hecair-e  In-  head 


S( 


iien.    I     "nLiU-est.    tiial     we     of   the  lie|)ni)lic    let 


titis    thinu    re-t     w  here    it     i>   a    w  hi 


i.'.      Lei     (  "anada 


lliink     \n'V     prohlem     we 


\\    ont.       Let     her    learn    and 


thoion^hlv     learn     that      pi>h1icail\ 
placi  d,  and  cantioi    piospt 


r-  >iie  i>. 


te    i-s    \\  ron,uiy 
Let  her  ascer- 


tain   that    in    this    IJepnhlie.    ami    a>   an    honored  and 
l„(.nd   pari    (d'  it,  she  will   titid  her  true  --eo.u-raphieal, 
nd    commereia!    eonneclion:   tliat     onlside 


hi-lorieal    a 


(d'  snidi  eennecl  ion    >ne   \\ 


ill  lind  a  -hrivelled    rorlnm- 


aiu 


I    swarming-    perils.      Meanwhile    we 


dionld     hold 


oin".-( 


iN.,.>  alo(d"(Vom  her,  lu'ither  lu'lpin-'   nor  himh 


inji'   her:   ^i^  ii>U'   her«;  no  cause  o 


folVence.  u  ishinu"  m 


:il 


rr)NriNi:NT\i,  iNrTV 


oiir  li(';ii'l>  that  she  \v  a>  ol'  us:  tVaiikly  statiii<i,"  oiir 
position,  li()|)inu'  tlial  ^\\v  will  soon  conu'  into  politi- 
cal oiu'noss  Willi  n>,  and  a?«surihu"  Iut  of  a  lu-artv 
and  proud  welcome  when  she  shall  decide  lo  come. 

liul  one  thiun'  (  "anadians  must  undei'stand.  and  it 
would  he  un\\i>«e  and  iinlair  U>v  u>  to  conceal  il  tVoiu 
them,  an<l  that  one  thiiiij,'  i>    this:   that    this    Iu'epuhlic 


w 


dl  ne\  el'  see  a  liTcat  jiowei' built  iij)  on  tiiis  ('onti- 
neiil.  eithci-  to  the  north  or  south  (d'  lis,  iindei-  either 
I''rench  or  Kn^iisii  llau's,  and  iai<i'  no  action  to  pre- 
vent it.  Leav!  of  all  >liall  we  excr  assi-t  them  to 
heeome    niimeroii>.  rich  and    powerl'id.  wit  h    tliat    end 


on  their  part  in  \iew.  We  iinite  them  cordially  to 
^harewith  n>  thedestin_\  (d'  tlu'  ( 'out  incut  :  to  share 
with  us  it>-  urcatiios  and  it-  tiiory.  as  historicaHy 
the\  ha\e  a  ri^iit  to  do  and  should  he  pi'otid  of 
doinu":  hut  ir  they  loolL-hly  detdiiie  our  inxitatiou 
and  undertake  to  rival  iis  and  impi-ril  U'^  i»y  an  alien 
de\ clopmeni,  llicii  mii>t  they  look  I'oi'  no  indp  rrom 
us.  for  we  shall  eertaiidy  not  help  them  at  all.  and 
we  shall  a"-  certainly  oppose  their  proLi,i'e>s  to  l^n 
Cullest  cMeiil  dl'  our  power.  And  this  we  >hall  th' 
in  theinlcrc'^l  ol'!il>ert\  and  ol"  maidxind.  lor  he  mn-l 
he  a  Cool  who  ililnks  thai  ^wo  i;real  ri\al  I'owe  • 
can  »'.\ist  side  li\   side  in  iicacc  upon  this  ('(Uitineu! 

1  know  well  the  weahh  of  her  natural  i-e>ouree- 
now  Kill:.:-  'ludexeloiK'd.  1  ktiow  well  that  in  de\(d- 
opinu"  tliost  •esources  (till-  capital  and  our  enterprise 
would  lind  prolitaMc  <'mj>ioymiiii.  I  know  well  the 
extent  of  her  \ast  domain  and  its  \;due.  I  know 
well  the  coiisersatisin  ol'  her  character,  the  prolitic 
viji'or  ol'  her  population,  and  that  <he  miii'ht  <j;\^v  to 
the  dcNclopnuait    <d"  our  commcreiid  and  political  Jiie 


rt>\-rr\F,\T\r.  ivnv. 


80 


.1  most  valii;il)lc  (•(Hi!fii)utit>ii  ol  lidpt'iiitu-ss:  l>iit  ;is  ;i 
rvitizeii  oT  the  Rc'j)iil)ru'.  loi-cciisii'iu-  t!u'  riiriiic.  I 
ranuot  sec  Imw  we  can.  in  jusiicc  n.  ihat  Inlnrc.  do 
au«>"lit  to  licljt  iicr  or  i-cceiM-  lirl|)  Ironi  licr.  nnlil  slir 
h«'('oiiu's  |)olili('all\   nniliMi  wiih  n>. 

liadics  and  u'cnt  Iriiicn.  I  thank  \  on  lor  sonr 
[lalicnt  conrti'sv  in  li('ai'in«l'nic.  i  tliaid<  llic  .ui'iillfincn 
In  wliox'  kindiv  in\i;ation  and  |n,il>lic  >|»iril  I  lia\(' 
Keen  cnaiilcd  to  addi'<'>>  von.  I  Innr  ■-jtokrn  in  this 
Ilall  Ix'l'oi'c  and  on  liitMno  as  L^-raxc  a-  ina\  com- 
mand iuunan  attention.  I>nl  I  lia\c  nc\cr  spoken  in 
this  flail  Of  clscwjtcrc  on  a  I  heme  ;^"i'a\ei'  or  more 
im|)ressi\-e  in  its  si^niljcance  to   son  and  onr(-onnli'v 


than  the  (»ne  I  ha\ c  di.> 


(•ii>sed  l)(  lore  Non  to-ni^"iil 


H 


eloi'c    me    a- 


1    speak     I     ^ee    t 


le  |)ict  m'e  ol    t  he 


('ontinent  jto.-so.^ed  and  nn|)os>e-->ed  -jiread  on!  he- 
fore  me.  1  ha\t'  IraNcrsed  it  Irom  end  to  end.  Irom 
slioj'e  to  shore.  I  know  il.  .\  l)o\  c  _\  on)'  head-  1  sre 
it  hin^-as    fjtdin    saw     llea\eii    in    xlsion.  \ast    a^  a 


whole,  heantilnj    a>   to   Us  oarts. 


«ee  1  \\v  n'rantU  ni 


of   its    moiiniain>.  t  he    loNcliiies>     of  its    jtlains.    Hie 
somlier    L^lurv    ol'    i^-^    tnrests.  liic    -•ihcr  n'leam  of  its 


riNcrs.  .ind  tlu'  occan-hke  >|),H-e-.  ( 


if  il>  lakes.      1 


H'ar 


the  mnsic  of  ii>   -trt-anr-.  the  roar  of  ii>    w  aler-('all>. 


and  the   imirmnr   oi 


lopm'tl  ioi!>. 


I  \H-  Sim  I'lsc^ 
from  hetwcm  1  he  pillars  *if  the  morning,  and  fi'om 
miit-he;>N  en  l<Md\-  d(M\n  npon  it  w  ith  deli^'hl .  The 
land  he  -milo  n|Mm.  \;irioii>  in  its  /(me>.  respond- 
to  his  n'reetinu'  wiili  it-  fnniti!  ndimm-  urowths. 
.\nd  seeinii'  it  thus.  I  -a\.  thai  to  mr  it  -I'cnr-  as  the 
_<.iai'den  of  the  Lord,  a-  the  prolitic  cenler  of  the 
earth.  .Vnd  o\crthi>  land  of  (»od.  tiii-  pro<lucti' e 
cenler  of  the  w  oi'!d.  this  reluiie  oj  all  oppressed  p>  o- 


■PiWi 


mmmmmm 


coxTiNFvr  \r.  uxft^' 


|>lt's.  1  liis  \  ;i>i  (»|»|)iMiim'n  V  of  I'l'ox  ulfiic.'  ;ni(l  m;ni. 
lliis  -HIT  lodsi-iiHUt  ;iii.l  lioiiic  "f  liiici'tx .  ill  \  iciiin«ii' 
to  the  -^t.-M's  wlto^c  u'loi'N  i>  \\<'\(-i!  ill  ils  folds,  toiicli- 
iiiu;*  llir  >k\  whose  liLi'iit  it  li;is  hi.rfowcd  lor  its  own 
i'.liiminnlioii,  I  heboid  our  lliii;-.  sole,  sovei'eiu;-!!.  sn- 
pi-eine.  ;iiid  under  it  :i  third  (d'lhe  Inminn  I'liee.  livinti- 
|H'os|)ei'oiis.  iKijtpx  ;iiid  <i\\\\  And  seeinii"  all  this, 
more  lh;in  once  ii.ixc  I  s;ild  in  niv  u  ;tnder)n,Li-s,  and  I 
s!iv  il  now.  thai  that  .li-lorions  lla'j,' nnisl  ('wnthis  ( 'on- 
tincnt  a-  a  whole,  and  l)e>-ideil  there,  inn>l  l>e  wavinu' 


in 


the  sk\   al)o\c  (»nr  children"-  heads.  noiK'  other 


N'mh.      ^'I'iiifs    .\(lilrcs>    ^  ii;im|i!il<'t    f'tni,  i   (mm    Ik'   (>l)t;iiiicil   n( 
iH'wsili'alt'rs.  or  throiiLiii  lli.'  mnil  I'lMiii  lh>'  nuiliui-.     I'l'icc  J.'i  ctMil.-. 


Il\t'        COl'll'S. 


1.(111.         I'i.st-nilicr     :u|{liv><.     \\  .     II.     II.     Mri!i;\\ 


BurliiiMl'iii.  \  \..  Ill    r.Mrl\cr  llnii'^c.   HitsUiii. 


A  Brilliant  Book, 


DAYLIGHT  LAND 


n^     W  .     !l.     11.     \U   IJK'A^ 


It 


is    In  fiit\    \t'ar>  since  1 1 


(■  hi'iisc  ol     1  ii'i\iii,i   iV   I'n 


imh- 


lishcil  ■•  Ail\  riiiiiics  ill  llic  \\  iMcriu'.-.-.'  lli.-it  n-in;irkMlilf  lil.tk 
\(vliiiiic  wliirli  iMMilr  Mr.  ^!lll■l•:ly  laiiimis  ami  Milvcrlisfd  the  |i.\c|\ 
Afliroinhick  lvi'iiii<ii  t<»  Ihf  liii^lis!i-s|n'jtkiiio' world, 

Icscrilu'ij  .Mr.   MiiiTav 


Wril.j,.!!   I'i 


llilllis  Dlirc  ( 


ll.Mt    llltl 


s  lir.-,|  M'litiiri'  ill 
■llic   l)0(ik    wiiicli  kindlcil  a  tJniiisaiid 


aiuiiursliij)  a> 

cainiJ-lii'cs   and   l.aimlit    ;i    tliiii!>and  |icn>   Imw  \i<   wrW'^  o\'  naluic."' 

'riicrc  is  n>>  i|ucstii)ii    thai    in    llial    niii  |iic    \' ui'k    llic   aiilhoi-   iiitrn- 

diiccd  (llic  11,''    till-  lia|i[»ic-^l    lilcrary    ic<ult>    ever    prndiiccd    liv  mii\ 

^\  filer,  and  -^cl  a  t'asliinn  luil  (iiil\'  of  i'eci-calii>ii  tml  also  nf  ciiuip.i.,!. 

linn. 

It  has  liccii  kiMiwn  anionii'  Mr.  .Mnnay's  inl  ini.iU.'  t'ricndN  ilial 
he  iutclidt'd  In  lic;,:iii  his  pi'olV'ssiiinal  catcei  as  an  .•mtlini'  with  a 
wDik  (h'al'li.'d  uii   the  .-aiiie  liiic>  as   \\a>  liis  lir-i    Adii'iuidack  luxik. 


and  disthiu'iiisl 


H'<\     \'\      II 


ic   saiiir    >|iin' 


In    ••Daxli'jhl    Land"    tl 


|iiilili(  will  tind  the  !'nltilliii«'iit  nj'  tlii>  iiilcnlinii.  Tin  m"\\tliin 
knowJL'due  III'  w  (Kidia  alt  and  ciilliiied  iV|irc>sii>ii  which  twclil} 
yeui's  have  lii'miihl  iilin  arc  c\;'lent  m  ihi>  laruer  \i)hinie.  imt  the 
same  \  i\  idne~s  uj'  dc.-cri|i;iiin.  ihc  ^-ainc  t'ft'shiios  ul'  liinuur.  and 
fhe  same  realisi  ic  .si  \  le.  which  made,  i  he  earlier  and  -inalier  xoliimi' 


jin|iiilai.    |ii'iincatc  every 


\'j.i-    ( I [ 


Iliis  larecr  and  imliler  wui 


In    till-    chajitcis    1  ntilled    ••The     C  a|iilalisi ."         Ihc    Man    in    the 
\  cKeleen  .lacket ."  "A  Stran;.!c    Aiidiiiulil    K'ide."'  and  ••The  (  .rent 

ill    lind  such   (piainl.  iiic\   iinninr   and  \ivid- 
•    lasv     111    cijlia!     Ill     tile 


(.1 


icier,     the  iiadcr   w 


nc-s    (il    descriiilniii   as    it     woiilil    mil 


:iiii:uai:e 


I'ciik  (if  the  seasipii. 


'[).avli<^lii  Land"  i^  pi  c-cmiiienil\  titled  in   he  ihe  (iil'l 


Such  a  w 


I  II     V  .     M 


liii^ht,  ehecrfnl  .and   liteiaiil\   pcifeet.  .shniilil 


\, 


c  put   het'oie  the   piihln     in   an   aili.'^tic   Inini  ;   and   the    1  nlilisluns 
\c  sp;ire».l  ii'Mtliei  pains  inii  expense  to  Mcedinpiish  siicli  a  result. 


Ua 


.Mcchaiiieullv  cdiKsidercd.  ii  is  a  model  uf  workHiaiisliii)  in  IiodI 


inakino.       I  he  paper  mi 


Wlllcll   tile 


liiMik  i.-  jirinled  is  certainly  liner 


than  an\  ihiiiL!,' hel'un  made    m   tlii->   cuuntiy.    and    American    i>:ipei 


mm^mivmmimm^ 


^^immmmmm 


Ictulft  till'  sv()i-l(i.  TIh'  lypc  is  iiol.ly  lai'iic  :iinl  clcN-if.  Tlu'  print- 
ixiiS.  was  executed  at  the,  Kivorsido  Pi'esH,  under  the  special  char<;t' 
of  ita  most  ski 


specmiei 


1    ( 


llfiil   piessiimii.  will)    points    to   it    witli   pride 
print iii'^,    wliidi.    in    delicacv    in    Itiin^iug    out    t 


as  u 


illustrations,  has  never  ln-cn  exeelleil.  even  hv  the  old  printers. 

'I'iie  illustrations  (one  hundred  and  forty  in  nund)er)  aie 
from  ski'tehes  made  on  the  spot  !iy  an  artist  specially  eniployt-d  liy 
the   Pul)!isher.s. 

The  eoloi'  intioili/vL'd  is  a  eoniplete  novelty.  The  artistii- 
purl  of  the  linok  was  i)rodaccd  under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  .1.  IS. 
.\Iillett.  which  is  a  suHicient  assurahee  of  its  excellence,  as  he  li.i- 
Ihe  credit  f)f  havinii  jirodiiced  many  rmvelties  in  bookmakin^'. 

All  anglers  and  s|)ortsn\en  ;  all  ca,Tnpers  and  tourists;  ;iil 
lovers  of  nature  and  of  (he  out-door  life  :  ;dl  who  love  lat!£!;hter  and 


literarv  entertnininfut  ;  all  wh 


o    seek 


inforin;\tion  of  (Ainada  and 
its  resoui'ces,  should  look  into  this  peculiarl\  h:ip(>y  comhinatioii 
of  fun  tenipered  wifh  i)athos  and  sunshine. 

Svo,    li.")0    ]>il,li"('s.       I'llifjlic     |>;l])('f    (•<>\  (')■>.  $'2.."><>  : 

rdoiii,  i^'AM):  clotli.  Iiili  -ill    $4.00, 


\.  I>. —  .V  s]U'(*i;il  edition  (.\i-list  Pfoof),  of  one 
thoiis<ni(i  ('()|)i('.«s  was  |»i'f|xir(Mi  lot'  ilic  A  til  hot'  as  an 
liononirliuii  and  is  sold  on  ^-iihscfi])!!'*!!  in  him  It)  such 
as  desii'e  it  a>  an  rU'oant  sotivt'itif.  As  a  u'ilV  to  a 
IViend  who  h»vi's  i  ho  ()iH-do(»f  IJle  it  is  most 
approjti'into. 

l'^o!'\vai'd<Ml  piT  t'.Xjtfes-.  IVce  <d'  cost  lo  tiu'  siii)- 
sri'ilxr.  oil  receipt  ol'tlii'  siihsci'iption  pi'iee,  .$:">.()!). 

KfiMdlMiKe    dioiild    !)o    made    lo 

W.  H.  H.  MURRAY. 

I'akki.!;    UiiLX.. 

BOSTON,    MASS. 


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